TY - JOUR
T1 - Chance events in managers' careers
T2 - Positive and negative events, their expected and unexpected outcomes
AU - Legrand, Celine
AU - Naschberger, Christine
AU - Baruch, Yehuda
AU - Bozionelos, Nikos
PY - 2022/11/4
Y1 - 2022/11/4
N2 - Current literature focuses on factors that explain career success but mostly ignores the role of chance events and the way they affect careers. Furthermore, the literature does not distinguish between different types of chance events and their outcomes. We draw on 682 questionnaires with both qualitative and quantitative elements completed by managers in a major European country, more than 60% of whom indicated they had experienced a significant chance event that had influenced their career. While the majority reported positive events that led to positive career outcomes, substantial numbers reported other scenarios of perceived event-impact cases (e.g., approximately 16% reported a negative event that had positive career consequences). Qualitative analysis revealed specific attributes of a four-quadrant framework, whereas quantitative analysis compared the groups regarding career-related outcomes and psychological characteristics that reflect career orientations. Some of the differences between the groups are counterintuitive. Our study makes a unique and original contribution by uncovering the role of chance events in careers.
AB - Current literature focuses on factors that explain career success but mostly ignores the role of chance events and the way they affect careers. Furthermore, the literature does not distinguish between different types of chance events and their outcomes. We draw on 682 questionnaires with both qualitative and quantitative elements completed by managers in a major European country, more than 60% of whom indicated they had experienced a significant chance event that had influenced their career. While the majority reported positive events that led to positive career outcomes, substantial numbers reported other scenarios of perceived event-impact cases (e.g., approximately 16% reported a negative event that had positive career consequences). Qualitative analysis revealed specific attributes of a four-quadrant framework, whereas quantitative analysis compared the groups regarding career-related outcomes and psychological characteristics that reflect career orientations. Some of the differences between the groups are counterintuitive. Our study makes a unique and original contribution by uncovering the role of chance events in careers.
KW - career success
KW - chance event
KW - managerial careers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141347405&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/emre.12546
DO - 10.1111/emre.12546
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85141347405
JO - European Management Review
JF - European Management Review
SN - 1740-4754
ER -