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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Career Transition"”.
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Hardiness as a Career Transition Resource
<p>The relationship of hardiness to career transition resources was examined. Hardiness scores were obtained through the use of the Cognitive Hardiness Scale (CHS)(Nowack, 1996) and transition resources were measured by the Career Transitions Inventory (CTI) (Heppner, Multon, & Johnston, 1994). The …
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Life after hockey : an examination of athletic career transition and the National Hockey League's career transition program
The existent body of athletic career retirement literature is scant in studies of career transition programs. In an effort to attend to this analytical gap, the present study set out to examine the transitions of National Hockey League (NHL; ice hockey) alumni, as well as the effect ~and …
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Leaving journalism: Self-identity during career transition for female former Kentucky reporters
<p>Purpose: This qualitative descriptive study focused on how did leaving the field of journalism affected the life narratives of female former Kentucky reporters. </p> <p>Method: Three former Kentucky female reporters were interviewed to gather data on their experiences, including how leaving …
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Military Retirement: Exploring the Relationships Between Individual Characteristics and Career Transition Mental Preparedness
… having a spouse and children. The strongest transition decision-making variations occurred between having children versus not having children. A person's Readiness level had the propensity to increase as the number of dependent children increases (from one child to five children). Based on …
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The Dilemma: Career Transition Of African American Male Football Players At Division I Institutions
… regarding their collegiate experiences and transition from athletics to post-playing careers. The study examined issues of race and social interaction, academic preparation, economic status, leadership opportunities, and the transitions from collegiate and professional sports. The …
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The effects of planned career transitions on the job satisfaction of temporary workers
… the effect the degree of planfulness of a career transition has on the subsequent job satisfaction in persons seeking or working in temporary employment. The population for this study was 117 individuals seeking or working as a temporary worker in the internal pool of temporary employees at …
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Life Satisfaction among Midlife Career Changers: A Study of Military Members Transitioning to Teaching
… to life satisfaction for military members transitioning to teaching. Schlossberg's (1981) model of human adaptation to transition was used to articulate the career transition factors of readiness, confidence, control, perceived support, and decision independence. The Career Transitions …
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Women's move from employment to self-employment : understanding the transition
… their experiences and perceptions of this transition.</p> <p>In particular, it focuses on the following five central research questions:</p> <ol><li>How does the move from employment to self-employment fit in with a woman's career pattern more generally?</li> <li>How can a woman's decision …
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A South African perspective on professional ballet dancers' career transitions (2018 - 2021)
The discourse of dancers' and career transitions has significantly increased since the 1980s, and much of the literature views the topic of dancers and career transitions from European, American and Australian perspectives. No literature from a South African perspective was found, and this research …
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Toward vocational training for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Malaysia: Challenges, opportunities and reasonable hope
… their children’s future would involve successful transition into some kind of work or further education. Teachers and families emphasised a need for mainstream and NASOM teachers to be equipped with current knowledge and skills, so they can help the students gain skills and knowledge offered in …
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A Tactical Guide For Transitioning To User Experience Design
… pitches the idea of a book (Making the Switch: A Career Transition Guide Into UX) for how designers from an auxiliary discipline can make a successful transition to User Experience design. This book query was sent to forty-one individuals who had indicated that they were interested in entering …
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Transitions to the other side of the net : tales of tennis players who became coaches
… athletes experience at the end of their sporting careers. Despite the recent profusion of retirement research, there is still much more work to be done in terms of understanding athletes’ retirement transition experiences, and more specifically, determining what paths lead to successful …
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Establishing and maintaining employee motivation from recruitment through Induction, transition and retirement
… life cycle, from recruitment through induction, transition, and retirement. After a short prologue about why motivation is of personal interest, a literature review is conducted that identifies the key theoretical traditions of motivation, which fall into the broad categories of needs, traits, …
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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program at the University of North Texas: A Pilot Study
… to support them through their college career to career transition; if the student athletes felt that the program provided them with skills to encourage better self-esteem; and if they believed that the CHAMPS/Life Skills program provided them with leadership and character education. The …
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An exploration of women’s identity work in career choices and transitions : implications for executive coaching
Career transitions are a common topic in executive coaching sessions. It has been established that career transitions involve identity and identity work, and can be challenging. The process of identity work in career transitions can be particularly complex for women, due to sex and gender. Yet this …
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The Transition of Military Personnel to Public Educatiion
This is a qualitative study of second-career military personnel who have become teachers after they completed an alternative certification program. Factors that contributed to the transition of second-career military teachers to the classroom were examined. Obstacles the teachers encountered during …
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An Existential Perspective on the Role of Human Agency in the Retraining of Immigrant Skilled Workers in Canada
This qualitative study explored the career re-development of immigrant professionals in Canada by centering the investigation on their Canadian retraining journey. The goal of this study was to provide a deeper understanding of the transition issues, retraining decision-making process, retraining …
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Understanding the lived experiences of second career beginning teachers
… entering the teaching profession as a second career (McKenzie, Rowley, Weldon, & Murphy, 2011). To expand the potential pool of well-qualified teachers, opening the profession to individuals with relevant experience outside education is now recognised as an important policy option …
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