Searching for Authenticity by S. Gayle Baugh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

A volume in Research in CareersSeries Editors S. Gayle Baugh, University of West Floridaand Sherry E. Sullivan, Bowling Green State UniversityVolume 2 of the Research in Careers series focuses on the search for authenticity in one's career. Although there has been growing interest in the topic within the popular press, relatively littleacademic research has been completed on authenticity and careers. Researchers are still refiningthe concept of authenticity and are just beginning to investigate how it influences the enactmentof careers in today's turbulent career landscape. This volume offers the first organized effort onthe topic. This volume contains seven chapters which examine the search for authenticity derived from the Kaleidoscope Career Model (Mainiero& Sullivan, 2006). Chapters 1 and 2 present a review of the literature and an in-depth analysis of the construct of authenticity. Chapter1 offers a new lens to view career authenticity based on two dimensions of self-awareness and adaptability. Chapter 2 uses two casestudies to define how individuals are authentic in their career. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the authenticity of individuals in differentcareer stages, with Chapter 3 examining recent college graduates and Chapter 4 examining mid to late stage careerists. Chapters 5, 6and 7 focus on the interplay between social interactions and career authenticity. Chapter 5 offers a process model that traces how, through negotiation, a person's identities shape and are shaped by relationships with others, leading to the enactment of an authenticcareer. Chapter 6 explores how individuals remain authentic in their career while negotiatingthe conflicting expectations of multiple interest groups. Chapter 7 examines the complexrelationships among career authenticity, political behaviors, and strain. | Searching for Authenticity by S. Gayle Baugh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters