The opt-out revolt
Subtitle: why people are leaving companies to create kaleidoscope careers
By: Lisa A. Mainiero & Sherry E. Sullivan
Contributors: Sullivan, Sherry E., 1961-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Davies-Black Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mountain View, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780891061861
Subjects: Secondes carrières; Career changes; Actualisation de soi; Changement social; Social change; Quality of work life; Travail et famille; Self-actualization (Psychology); Qualité de la vie au travail; Work and family
Description: Workers are searching for a life that is richer, more balanced, authentic, and challenging. And when they find that their needs can't be met in the traditional workplace, they are walking away. This book discusses this growing phenomenon: how this universal need drives career and life decisions for women and men alike; the critical role gender plays in the patterns of today's careerists; what choices women are making and why; how men's priorities differ from women's and how they affect their career paths; and what the best organizations are doing to stem the flow of talent heading out the door. With research data from the authors' five-year study, this look at today's workplace profiles hundreds of modern-day trailblazers who have created careers defined by personal needs, life values, and a new 21st-century definition of success, inside and out of traditional corporate boundaries.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-365) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why work doesn't work anymore; title: Why women walk away; title: Off with the male straitjacket; title: Kaleidoscope careers; title: The quest for authenticity; title: The search for balance; title: The drive for challenge; title: No more business as usual; title: Appendix A: Research methods and study information; title: Appendix B: Statistical support for the research.