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Finding Meaning and Purpose in Boundaryless Careers: A Framework for Study and Practice

Marjo Lips-Wiersma

University of Canterbury

Judith Mcmorland

University of Auckland Business School

This article addresses a paradox in current boundaryless career theories. These theories span the boundaries of employment settings and occupations in response to changing social and economic conditions. In this climate, boundaryless career advocates claim that individuals need to be concerned with subjective career determinants, such as meaning and purpose, and objective career determinants, such as remaining employable. Such advocacy, however, does not adequately acknowledge that the very premise on which boundaryless career theory is built, namely that career choice is strongly driven by market forces, may counter one’s very ability to find meaning and purpose. The authors reintroduce the notion of vocation and identify four aspects through which the concept of vocation may be expanded: animation, dedication, evaluation, and coherence. They suggest that the discourses of career and vocation can complement one another to enable the individual to discover or maintain a sense of purpose in a boundaryless career climate.

Key Words: meaning • purpose • vocation • career development • boundaryless

Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 46, No. 2, 147-167 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0022167805283776
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