Chapter 4 - Career plateauing in Older Workers:Contextual and Psychological Drivers

by Dianne Bown-Wilson and Emma Parry

“….. in chapter 4 Dianne Bown-Wilson and Emma Parry investigate why some workers, particularly in midlife, engage in continuous learning while others plateau. Most of the previous research on plateauing was completed during the downsizing era of the 1980s. Bown-Wilson and Parry offer a refreshingly new perspective on career plateaus. They offer a contemporary model of career plateaus based on a consideration of career attributes, career decisions, and career motivators, and conclude that career plateaus are not necessarily a negative phenomenon for either the individual or the organization.”

(Emma Parry is a Senior Research Fellow at Cranfield University School of Management)

This chapter is included in the book "Maintaining Focus, Energy and Options Over the Career" edited by S.Gayle Baugh and Sherry E. Sullivan published by Information Age Publishing Inc.(2009)

 "The first volume in this exciting new research series examines key issues facing individuals in today's dynamic workplace. The thought-provoking chapters provide a critical examination of how careers transform as individuals evolve in response to aging."     

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