Entangled strands: A process perspective on the evolution of careers in the context of personal, family, work, and community life
基于对81名采用减负工作策略的专业人士的访谈数据，研究提出职业演化模型，揭示个人如何通过意义建构在生活各领域的纠缠线索中塑造职业路径。
The goal of this study is to develop a theoretical framework to illuminate the process of careers unfolding over time in an overall life context. We draw on data from a qualitative field study of the career paths of 81 professionals who pursued working on a reduced-load basis as a strategy for sustaining commitment to both their careers and family lives. Using multiple methods to analyze what happened between two interviews approximately six years apart, we identify five distinct career narratives and present a model of the evolution of careers. The model suggests that individuals construct careers over time through their own sensemaking of constantly shifting entangled strands of their personal, family, work, and community lives and three key dynamics that are ongoing: external events, gradual developments, and individual actions.