{"title":"The Phenomenon of Later-Life Recareering by Well-Educated Baby Boomers","authors":"Candy K. Rice BA, MBA, PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpoc.21179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpoc.21179","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000As well-educated Boomer professionals reach later life they are engaging in activities such as recareering that defy the normal expectation for older workers in the late adulthood life stage of adult development. Recareering is embarking on a new career in a new industry later in life, after leaving a long-term primary career. Growing numbers of Boomers are redefining normal work activities as they reach traditional retirement age.</p><p>A qualitative phenomenological analysis explored the experience of well-educated Baby Boomer professionals who have recareered. From the dominant thematic findings emerged seven essences of the shared experience of recareering for this population. Results strikingly defied much of common knowledge of the older worker experience.</p><p>Implications suggested a critical need to embrace a new paradigm of work activities in positive aging. Insights from these Baby Boomer professionals have the potential to redefine adult development theory. Findings have wide benefits for practitioners, academicians, organizations, and governments in terms of the development and implementation of new products, services, and policies for older workers. Future recommendations and limitations are outlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"6 2","pages":"7-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/jpoc.21179","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71973279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Psychology of Transference: Gender and Access to Training—the Mechanisms of Disadvantage","authors":"Bryan McIntosh PhD, Julie Prowse PhD, Uduak Archibong PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpoc.21178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpoc.21178","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Within nursing, career breaks have an impact on women's career outcomes. However, the causal mechanisms that explain the transfer of women's relative reduced career outcomes remain unclear. This article examines the relationships between career breaks, part-time working, and access to training/updating skills in determining nurses' career outcomes. We consider this to be a mechanism of transferring disadvantage both within and between genders within nursing.</p><p>This qualitative research involved in-depth interviews with 32 registered female nurses with and without children. They were employed in “acute” nursing and worked as registered Band 4 to “senior nurse managers” and were between 25 and 60 years old. They worked or had worked under a variety of employment conditions. Some, but not all, had taken career breaks or requested or attained postregistration training.</p><p>We found that restricted access to training for part-time nurses and limited opportunity to update their skills following a return from a career break are determining factors affecting the career outcomes of nurses. The findings suggest that it is related to rationing of training for those returning from career breaks, based on the availability of a supply of newly qualified nurses meeting the numerical demand, financial constraints, operational imperatives, and organizational values.</p>","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"6 2","pages":"63-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/jpoc.21178","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71972877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mindless Learning versus Critical Thinking: Educators Must Teach How to Think","authors":"Andrew Shean BA, MA, EdD","doi":"10.1002/jpoc.21176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpoc.21176","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a mindless learning situation, students are often treated as repositories to dump information and, over time, lose their love of learning. Even worse, they become automatons that just don't care and simply go through the motions and learn the game of school. Others drop out and lose a connection to learning altogether. The focus on mindless learning must change. We must move from learning <i>what</i> to think to learning <i>how</i> to think.</p>","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"6 2","pages":"101-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/jpoc.21176","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71964146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organizational Ethnographic Research: Intersections of Place, Cultural Identities, Constructed Memories, and Sense Making Within Institutions","authors":"Diane Gavin PhD","doi":"10.1002/jpoc.21177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpoc.21177","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the article, the author presents a discussion on the value of incorporating institutional ethnographic studies in a researcher's repertoire. Researchers who conduct institutional ethnographies provide critical cultural examinations of organizations, companies, schools, or other establishments that give insights into the values, mores, and belief systems that may not be apparent at first glance. Gavin draws upon her experience as an ethnographer to explain her approach to institutional ethnography and the benefits she has gleaned from such research. Those qualitative researchers who are considering new research venues to explore may find institutional ethnography to be a challenging yet fruitful area.</p>","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"6 2","pages":"95-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/jpoc.21177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71964147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy characteristics for the prevention of workplace bullying anteceded by heterosexism: A Delphi study","authors":"S. McCalla","doi":"10.1002/JPOC.21180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/JPOC.21180","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study's was to obtain organizational practices or policies that can help diminish the risk of heterosexism as it pertains to workplace bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) workers. Heterosexism and workplace bullying are still prevalent concerns for LGBT workers, causing psychological and physical illness and reduced organizational effectiveness. This study contributes to social change by informing leaders, politicians, advocacy groups, and scholars on recommendations to help safeguard the health of employees, safeguard operational effectiveness of an organization, and reduce workplace bullying of LGBT and other marginalized employees. Findings of this study include that “organizational programs and policies should be developed and implemented to provide anti-bullying policies that protect all employees, not just minority or potentially marginalized employees.” Additionally, the results support the direction that “organizational leaders should begin to mitigate the damage of workplace bullying through enforcement of current policies.”","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"1 1","pages":"39-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89968051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Phenomenon of Later‐Life Recareering by Well‐Educated Baby Boomers","authors":"C. Rice","doi":"10.1002/JPOC.21179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/JPOC.21179","url":null,"abstract":"As well-educated Boomer professionals reach later life they are engaging in activities such as recareering that defy the normal expectation for older workers in the late adulthood life stage of adult development. Recareering is embarking on a new career in a new industry later in life, after leaving a long-term primary career. Growing numbers of Boomers are redefining normal work activities as they reach traditional retirement age. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000A qualitative phenomenological analysis explored the experience of well-educated Baby Boomer professionals who have recareered. From the dominant thematic findings emerged seven essences of the shared experience of recareering for this population. Results strikingly defied much of common knowledge of the older worker experience. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Implications suggested a critical need to embrace a new paradigm of work activities in positive aging. Insights from these Baby Boomer professionals have the potential to redefine adult development theory. Findings have wide benefits for practitioners, academicians, organizations, and governments in terms of the development and implementation of new products, services, and policies for older workers. Future recommendations and limitations are outlined.","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"1 1","pages":"7-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88791295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Psychology of Transference: Gender and Access to Training—the Mechanisms of Disadvantage","authors":"B. Mcintosh, J. Prowse, U. Archibong","doi":"10.1002/JPOC.21178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/JPOC.21178","url":null,"abstract":"Within nursing, career breaks have an impact on women's career outcomes. However, the causal mechanisms that explain the transfer of women's relative reduced career outcomes remain unclear. This article examines the relationships between career breaks, part-time working, and access to training/updating skills in determining nurses' career outcomes. We consider this to be a mechanism of transferring disadvantage both within and between genders within nursing. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000This qualitative research involved in-depth interviews with 32 registered female nurses with and without children. They were employed in “acute” nursing and worked as registered Band 4 to “senior nurse managers” and were between 25 and 60 years old. They worked or had worked under a variety of employment conditions. Some, but not all, had taken career breaks or requested or attained postregistration training. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000We found that restricted access to training for part-time nurses and limited opportunity to update their skills following a return from a career break are determining factors affecting the career outcomes of nurses. The findings suggest that it is related to rationing of training for those returning from career breaks, based on the availability of a supply of newly qualified nurses meeting the numerical demand, financial constraints, operational imperatives, and organizational values.","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"56 1","pages":"63-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82299099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organizational Ethnographic Research: Intersections of Place, Cultural Identities, Constructed Memories, and Sense Making Within Institutions","authors":"D. Gavin","doi":"10.1002/JPOC.21177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/JPOC.21177","url":null,"abstract":"In the article, the author presents a discussion on the value of incorporating institutional ethnographic studies in a researcher's repertoire. Researchers who conduct institutional ethnographies provide critical cultural examinations of organizations, companies, schools, or other establishments that give insights into the values, mores, and belief systems that may not be apparent at first glance. Gavin draws upon her experience as an ethnographer to explain her approach to institutional ethnography and the benefits she has gleaned from such research. Those qualitative researchers who are considering new research venues to explore may find institutional ethnography to be a challenging yet fruitful area.","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"122 1","pages":"95-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80175234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mindless Learning versus Critical Thinking: Educators Must Teach How to Think","authors":"Andrew Shean","doi":"10.1002/JPOC.21176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/JPOC.21176","url":null,"abstract":"In a mindless learning situation, students are often treated as repositories to dump information and, over time, lose their love of learning. Even worse, they become automatons that just don't care and simply go through the motions and learn the game of school. Others drop out and lose a connection to learning altogether. The focus on mindless learning must change. We must move from learning what to think to learning how to think.","PeriodicalId":100827,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture","volume":"31 1","pages":"101-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86117502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}