Changing career patterns: A comparative study on the careers of chief fınancial officers

Kariyer literatüründe, işgörenlerin çalışma yaşamları boyunca gittikçe artan bir şekilde örgütler, fonksiyonlar ve endüstriler arası sınırları geçerek kariyerlerini sürdürdükleri ve böylelikle kariyer kalıplarının değişmekte olduğu iddia edilmektedir. Ancak bazı yazarlar, söz konusu iddiaları destekleyen çok az ampirik çalışmanın yapıldığını belirtmektedirler. Buna göre çalışmada, 1990 ve 2000 yıllarında çalışmaya başlayan ve şu anda mali işler direktörü olarak görev yapan kişilerin ilk on yıllık kariyerlerinin örgütler, fonksiyonlar ve endüstriler arası hareketlilik gibi değişkenler açısından karşılaştırılarak kariyer kalıplarının değişip değişmediğinin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Değişen kariyer kalıpları: Mali işler direktörlerinin kariyerleri üzerine karşılaştırmalı bir çalışma

Careers literature claim that employees are increasingly experiencing more mobility across organizational, functional, and industrial boundaries, which shows the changing career patterns. However, several authors state that there is little empirical evidence to support those claims. This study therefore aimed to compare the first ten years of the careers of chief financial officers in order to investigate the changing career patter ns such as inter- organizational, inter- functional, and inter- industrial mobility between 1990 and 2000 cohorts in Turkey. The data was obtained from LinkedIN profiles. The results demonstrated that the 2000 cohort made significantly more frequent inter- organizational, inter- functional, and inter- industrial moves in the first ten years of their careers than the 1990 cohort. The results also revealed that career patterns of the 2000 cohort were more complicated than the career patterns of the 1990 cohort.

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