Career research--some personal perspectives / Edgar H. Schein -- Introduction / Hugh Gunz and Maury Peiperl -- Part I: The historical origins and current structure of the careers field: Tracing the historical roots of career theory in management and organization studies / Celia Moore, Hugh Gunz, and Douglas T. Hall -- Taxonomy of career studies / Maury Peiperl and Hugh Ganz -- Part II: Main currents in the study of career: Personality and career success / Timothy A. Judge and John D. Kammeyer-Mueller -- Occupational choice / Mark L. Savickas -- Career counseling / Jennifer M. Kidd -- The subjective career in the knowledge economy / Svetlana N. Khapova, Michael B. Arthur, and Celeste P.M. Wilderom -- The intersection of work and family lives / Jeffrey H. Greenhaus and Sharon Foley -- Late-career and retirement issues / Daniel C. Feldman -- Organizational challenges at the periphery: career issues for the socially marginalized / Pushkala Prasad, Caroline D'Abate, and Anshuman Prasad -- Customized careers / Monique Valcour, Lotte Bailyn, and Maria Alejandra Quijada -- Contextual issues in the study of careers / Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Michael Meyer, and Johannes Steyrer -- Mentoring and developmental networks in the new career context / Dawn E. Chandler and Kathy E. Kram -- Networks and identities: reciprocal influences on career processes and outcomes / Herminia Ibarra and Prashant H. Deshpande -- The developmental theories: a critical examination of their continuing impact on careers research / Sherry E. Sullivan and Madeline Crocitto -- Living to work--Working to live: conceptualizations of careers among contemporary workers / David E. Guest and Jane Sturges -- The institution of outside hiring / Peter Cappelli and Monika Hamori -- Global careers / Maury Peiperl and Karsten Jonsen -- Career systems and psychological contracts / Holly S. Slay and M. Susan Taylor -- Organizational demography and individual careers: structure, norms, and outcomes / Barbara S. Lawrence and Pamela S. Tolbert -- Career patterns and organizational performance / Monica C. Higgins and James R. Dillon -- Careers and institutions: the centrality of careers to organizational studies / Candace Jones and Mary B. Dunn -- Careers across cultures / David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson -- Boundaries in the study of career / Hugh Ganz, Maury Peiperl, and Daniel Tzabbar -- Part III: Synthesis: Designing career systems: are we ready for it? / Silvia Bagdadli -- Considering the darker side of careers: toward a more balanced perspective / Yoav Vardi and Sharon H. Kim -- Continuity, emergence, and opportunities for convergence / Maria L. Kraimer and Scott E. Seibert -- A complexity perspective on intentional change in careers / Richard E. Boyatzis -- The catalytic 1970s: lessons for the 2000s / C. Brooklyn Derr and Jon P. Briscoe -- Career studies: personal "side trips" / Philip H. Mirvis -- Trends, paradoxes, and some directions for research in career studies / Wayne F. Cascio -- The meanings of career / Audrey Collin -- Destiny, drama, and deliberation: careers in the coevolution of lives and societies / Nigel Nicholson -- Career research--some issues and dilemmas / Edgar H. Schein.