Career capital. Conceptual approaches
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2021-1-78-88
Abstract
This article considers approaches to studying the career capital in the interdisciplinary career studies from the point of view of the creating conditions issues for professional development of employees. The concept was formed within the framework of the interdisciplinary career research, based on the concepts of the human, social and cultural capital, as one of the tools for understanding new processes in the field of labor. The content of those processes determines, among other things, the growing variety of career models and the need to adapt them to organizational strategies. Attention is focused on studying those concepts in two principal directions: considering it as a tool for management practices in modern organizations and considering it in the perspective of the career theory development. Conclusions are drawn that approaches to considering career capital are based on interdisciplinary interaction and understanding of the multilevel context of a career in the organizations research. Groups of environmental infrastructure factors are identified for the development of professional promotion opportunities; professional training of employees; individual career success.
Supporting agencies: This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project “Competitiveness of the Corporation’s human capital. Multi-level economic, sociological and psychological analysis”, no. 19-29-07488
About the Author
I. P. Popova
Institute of Sociology, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina P. Popova, Cand. of Sci. (Sociology).
Bldg. 5, bld. 24/35, Krzhizhanovskii Street, Moscow, 117218
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Popova I.P. Career capital. Conceptual approaches. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2021;(1):78-88. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2021-1-78-88
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