Title: Career Choice in Management and Entrepreneurship: A Research Companion
Abstract: Contents: Introduction Mustafa F. A-zbilgin and Ayala Malach-Pines PART I: CAREER CHOICE OF MBA STUDENTS FROM CROSS-NATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 1. Convergence and Divergence of Influences on Career Choice: A Comparative Analysis of Influences on Career Choices of MBA Students in China, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Korea, North Cyprus, Turkey and the UK Barbara P. Dexter, Cynthia Forson, Gozde, Mine Karata -A-zkan, Fatma Kusku, Mustafa F. A-zbilgin, Ayala Malach-Pines, Cem Tanova and Jeongkoo Yoon 2. Culture and Gender in the Career Choice of Aspiring Managers and Entrepreneurs Ayala Malach-Pines and Oshrit Kaspi-Baruch 3. Collectivistic Attitudes and Solidarity with a Focus on Hungary: Value Preferences of Management Students in Cyprus, the UK, Israel, Turkey and Hungary Agnes Utasi PART II: EARLY INFLUENCES ON THE CAREER CHOICE OF ENTREPRENEURS AND MANAGERS 4. Family Influences on the Career Life Cycle T. Alexandra Beauregard 5. Understanding the Role of Relationships in Making Career Choices Among Turkish MBA Students Zahide Karakitapo lu-Aygun and Kadire Zeynep Saym 6. Serial High-Tech Entrepreneurs and Managers in Israel: Background and Personality Gilat Kaplan 7. Entrepreneurs and Managers: A Family Portrait - Family Dynamics, Language and Modes of Effective Dialogue Orenia Yaffe-Yanai, Dov Yanai and Tamar Milo PART III: ENTREPRENEURS AND MANAGERS' CAREER CHOICE: CULTURAL DETERMINANTS 8. Contrasting Entrepreneurs and Non-entrepreneurs Among Canadian and Israeli MBAs Galit Chimo-Vugalter and Miri Lerner 9. What Motivates People from Business-related Careers to Change to Teaching? Paul W. Richardson, Helen M.G. Watt and Nicole M. Tysvaer 10. The Impact of Foreign Subsidiary Managers' Sociopolitical Positioning on Career Choices and their Subsequent Strategizing: Evidence from German-owned Subsidiaries in France Christoph Dorrenbacher and Mike Geppert 11. Determinants of Career Choice of Israeli High-technology Entrepreneurs Dov Dvir and Ayala Malach-Pines PART IV: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND MBA EDUCATION 12. Career Development and Values Change Among MBA Students: A Theoretical Perspective and Practical Avenues Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Shmulik Grimland 13. Business Students' Views on Jobs, Careers and the Job Search Process: Implications for Universities and Employers Ronald J. Burke and Eddy S.W. Ng 14. Business Education as a Career Choice Yehuda Baruch and John Blenkinsopp PART V: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR MANAGERS AND ENTREPRENEURS 15. The Training and Development of Managers and Entrepreneurs: The Role of Integrative Capability Elizabeth Chell 16. Age of Opportunity? Career Making and Learning for Mid-career Entrepreneurs David Rae 17. The Engaging Manager and the Role of Knowledge Absorptive Capacity: An Organizational Life-Cycle Perspective Laura A. Costanzo and Vicky Tzoumpa 18. Career Constraints in the Creative and Cultural Industries in London: The Case of Work Placement and Training Experience Mustafa F. A-zbilgin and Ahu Tatl PART VI: ENTREPRENEURS, MANAGERS, CAREER CHOICE AND DIVERSITY: MINORITY ISSUES 19. The Career Reasons of Minority Nascent Entrepreneurs Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Patricia G. Greene 20. Career Choices of Skilled Migrants: A Holistic Perspective Jawad Syed 21. A Comparative Study on Career Choice Influences of Turkish Cypriot Restauranteurs in North Cyprus and the UK Gozde nal and Mine Karata -A-zkan PART VII: ENTREPRENEURS, MANAGERS, CAREER CHOICE AND DIVERSITY: GENDER ISSUES 22. Gender and the MBA: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Benefits Ruth Simpson and Jane Sturges 23. The Value of the MBA Education and its Role in Entrepreneurship for Women and People of Color Jennifer M. Sequeira and Myrtle P. Bell 24. Intersectionality, Context and 'Choice': The Career Choice Influences of Self-employed Black Women Cynthia Forson Index
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-07-29
Language: en
Type: book
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