Career Anchor: Discover Your True Value

Author: Edgar Schein
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Professor Edgar Schein is an expert in human resource management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He conducted a decades-long longitudinal study starting in the 1960s and, based on this research, established the Career Anchor theory. This theory can be used to help individuals gain self-insight and also to help organizations better understand their employees. Schein's early work, Career Dynamics, first systematically elaborated on the Career Anchor theory, proposing the concept of five career anchors. This perspective has had a profound impact on academia and career consulting firms worldwide. The author of this book, Professor Edgar Schein, is an expert in human resource management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He conducted a decades-long longitudinal study starting in the 1960s and, based on this research, established the Career Anchor theory. This theory can be used to help individuals gain self-insight and also to help organizations better understand their employees. Schein's early work, Career Dynamics, first systematically elaborated on the Career Anchor theory, proposing the concept of five career anchors. This perspective has had a profound impact on academia and career consulting firms worldwide.