PROTEAN CAREERS &

BOUNDARYLESS CAREERS
PROTEAN CAREER ORIENTATION (HALL 1996,2002)

Achieving subjective career success

through self-directed vocational
behaviour
 SELF- VALUES-
DIRECTED DRIVEN
 ORGANIZATIOAL
EXTERNAL - CAREER
DIRECTION MANAGEMENT
 WHOLE-LIFE
MOBILITY
PERSEPCTIVE
DEVELOPMENTAL
PROGRESSION
 INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

 I am in charge of my own career.

 Ultimately, I depend upon myself to move my career forward.
I am responsible for my success or failure in my career.
 Where my career is concerned, I am very much “my own person.”
Overall, I have a very independent, self-directed career.
 In the past I have relied more upon myself than others to find a new job
when necessary.
 Freedom to choose my own career path is one of my most important
values.
 When development opportunities have not been offered by my company,
I have sought them out on my own.
 I will follow my own guidance if my company asks me to do something
that goes against my values.
 I am in charge of my own career. (Self-directed)
 Ultimately, I depend upon myself to move my career forward.
(Self-directed)
 I am responsible for my success or failure in my career. (Self-directed)
 Where my career is concerned, I am very much “my own person.”
(Self-directed)
 Overall, I have a very independent, self-directed career. (Self-directed)
 In the past I have relied more upon myself than others to find a new job
when necessary. (Self-directed)
 Freedom to choose my own career path is one of my most important
values. (Self-directed)
 When development opportunities have not been offered by my company,
I have sought them out on my own. (Self-directed)
 I will follow my own guidance if my company asks me to do
something that goes against my values. (Values-driven)
BOUNDARYLESS CAREER ORIENTATION (ARTHUR, 1994)

crossing both objective and subjective dimensions of

career at multiple levels of analysis, including
organizational position, mobility, flexibility, the work
environment, and the opportunity structure while at
the same time de-emphasizing reliance on
organizational promotions and career paths
 initiate and pursue
work-related relationships
across organizational
boundaries.
 attitude toward working relationships
across organizational
boundaries
is comfortable, even enthusiastic
about creating and sustaining active relation-
ships beyond organizational boundaries.
 INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY #2

 If my organization provided lifetime employment, I would never desire to

seek work in other organizations.
 In my ideal career, I would work for only one organization.
 I would feel very lost if I couldn’t work for my current organization.
 I enjoy working with people outside of my organization.
 I enjoy jobs that require me to interact with people in many different
organizations.
 I enjoy job assignments that require me to work outside of the organization.
 I like tasks at work that require me to work beyond my own department.
 I would enjoy working on projects with people from across many
organizations.
 I have sought opportunities in the past that allow me to work outside the
organization.
 I am energized in new experiences and situations.
 I seek job assignments that allow me to learn something new.
 If my organization provided lifetime employment, I would never desire to seek work
in other organizations (Mobility preference)
 In my ideal career, I would work for only one organization. (Mobility preference)
 I would feel very lost if I couldn’t work for my current organization. (Mobility
preference)
 I enjoy working with people outside of my organization. (Boundaryless mindset)
 I enjoy jobs that require me to interact with people in many different organizations.
(Boundaryless mindset)
 I enjoy job assignments that require me to work outside of the organization.
(Boundaryless mindset)
 I like tasks at work that require me to work beyond my own department.
(Boundaryless mindset)
 I would enjoy working on projects with people from across many organizations.
(Boundaryless mindset)
 I have sought opportunities in the past that allow me to work outside the
organization. (Boundaryless mindset)
 I am energized in new experiences and situations. (Boundaryless mindset)
 I seek job assignments that allow me to learn something new. (Boundaryless
mindset)
 Homework Assignment

1) Subjective Career Success

2) Objective Career Success