Occupations, Personnel, and Careers

Abstract

The concepts of job, career, and career strategy are among those carefully analyzed in the early section of this paper. Following a discussion of the social structure of occupations and patterns of dis rupted careers, the authors conclude with some implications for per sonnel management in the form of seven propositions. James D. Thompson is Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Sociology, Indiana University; Robert W. Avery is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh; Richard O. Carlson is Professor of Education and Research Associate, Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration, University of Oregon.