Kaleidoscope careers: An alternate explanation for the “opt-out“ revolution
- Lisa A. Mainiero, S. Sullivan
- Sociology
- 1 February 2005
Executive Overview Recently, there has been considerable media attention granted to “the opt-out revolution,“ a term coined to describe the alarming talent drain of highly trained women, largely…
Cross-Currents in the River of Time: Conceptualizing the Complexities of Women's Careers
- G. Powell, Lisa A. Mainiero
- Sociology
- 1 June 1992
Womenface a complex panorama of choices and constraints in their career and life development. This article presents an approach to the understanding of women's careers that (a) takes into account…
Managerial decision making regarding alternative work arrangements
- G. Powell, Lisa A. Mainiero
- Business
- 1 March 1999
Alternative work arrangements that offer employees flexibility in the time and place of work have been found to be both popular with employees and beneficial for organizations. However, alternative…
Using the kaleidoscope career model to examine generational differences in work attitudes
- S. Sullivan, Monica L. Forret, Shawn Carraher, Lisa A. Mainiero
- Business
- 19 June 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, utilising the Kaleidoscope Career Model, whether members of the Baby Boom generation and Generation X differ in their needs for authenticity,…
A Review and Analysis of Power Dynamics in Organizational Romances
- Lisa A. Mainiero
- Business
- 1 October 1986
Anecdotal, case history, and field survey reports on organizational romances are reviewed to develop a theoretical framework of power dynamics in organizational romances. Internally, the relationship…
The changing nature of gender roles, alpha/beta careers and work‐life issues: Theory‐driven implications for human resource management
- S. Sullivan, Lisa A. Mainiero
- Business
- 15 May 2007
Purpose – The major purpose of this paper is to examine how gender differences impact the enactment of careers. An additional goal is to examine whether, as suggested by recent conceptualizations,…
The Opt-out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers
- Lisa A. Mainiero, S. Sullivan
- Education
- 25 August 2006
Why Work Doesn't Work Anymore Why Women Walk Away Off with the Male Straitjacket Kaleidoscope Careers The Quest for Authenticity The Search for Balance The Drive for Challenge No More Business as…
Using the Kaleidoscope Career Model to Understand the Changing Patterns of Women's Careers: Designing HRD Programs That Attract and Retain Women
- S. Sullivan, Lisa A. Mainiero
- Business
- 1 February 2008
The problem and the solution. This article explores how a new model of careers can be used to suggest human resource development (HRD) programs that better match the unique career patterns of women.…
Coping with powerlessness: The relationship of gender and job dependency to empowerment-strategy usage.
- Lisa A. Mainiero
- Psychology
- 1 December 1986
The author would like to express her thanks to Rosabeth M. Kanter, J. Richard Hackman, Cheryl Tromley, and Mark Shanley for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article. Special thanks go…
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