Career Anchors

Introduction 1Career Development 3Th e "Internal Career" and Career Anchors 3External Career Stages and Career Movement 4Development of the Career Anchor in the Internal Career 7Identifying Career Anchors Through Career History Analysis 11The Eight Career Anchor Categories 19Technical/Functional Competence 20General Managerial Competence 24Autonomy/Independence 30Security/Stability 32Entrepreneurial Creativity 34Sense of Service/Dedication to a Cause 37Pure Challenge 39Lifestyle 40Review of Ratings and Questionnaire Scores 45Common Questions 47Are Th ere Other Career Anchors? 47Does the Career Anchor Concept Travel? 48Can a Person Have More Th an One Anchor? 50Do Anchors Change? 51Moving Ahead: Reconciling Your Anchor with theDemands of Work, Family, and Self 55Th e Role Map: Analyzing Your Present Situation 55Th e Work Career and Family/Life Priority Grid:Analyzing Your Present Situation 64Looking Ahead 71Globalization and Restructuring 71Information Technology and Expertise 73Support and Service Functions 75Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Teamwork 76New Organizational Forms 78Interdependence and Collaboration 80Work, Self, and Family 84Implications for Your Career Development 89Assessment of Future Requirements 90Next Steps 94References and Additional Reading 99About the Authors 103

Edgar H. Schein is Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous books, including Career Dynamics, Process Consultation Revisited, Organizational Culture and Leadership, and The Corporate Culture Survival Guide.John Van Maanen is the Erwin Schell Professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He has been a Visiting Professor at Yale University, University of Surrey, and INSEAD in France.