Experiences of Changing Jobs
(2013) BUSN49 20131Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- Thesis purpose: The thesis aims to fill a gap in literature regarding introduction in new organizations for individuals with a professional past, to enable change in both organization and work tasks.
Methodology: The research has been conducted through a hermeneutic methodology and interpretive stance. Qualitative interviews have been analysed through searching for themes.
Research Question: How do people experience the introduction to a new job when the work tasks are new as well as the organization?
Basic Findings: Our participants experienced a major lack of introduction to new work tasks causing either frustration or acceptance. As a response our participants used a lot of autonomy in training themselves.
Conclusion: The lack of... (More) - Thesis purpose: The thesis aims to fill a gap in literature regarding introduction in new organizations for individuals with a professional past, to enable change in both organization and work tasks.
Methodology: The research has been conducted through a hermeneutic methodology and interpretive stance. Qualitative interviews have been analysed through searching for themes.
Research Question: How do people experience the introduction to a new job when the work tasks are new as well as the organization?
Basic Findings: Our participants experienced a major lack of introduction to new work tasks causing either frustration or acceptance. As a response our participants used a lot of autonomy in training themselves.
Conclusion: The lack of introduction can initially cause frustration when individuals lack control of knowledge but after a while this gets accepted and the autonomy gets embraced. The frustration is not to be taken as a major issue when instructing newly employed with a professional past, but rather be seen as a natural step in the introduction process to new work tasks. Even though the frustration is natural, organizations do need to find a balance in how much training individuals with experience from work life expect and need when entering a new organization and for them new work tasks. (Less)
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- author
- Birgersson, Hanna LU and Widman, Anna
- supervisor
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- Katie Sullivan LU
- Tony Huzzard LU
- organization
- alternative title
- a study of experiences of being a newcomer when changing both organization and work tasks
- course
- BUSN49 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Career change, expectations, work tasks, frustration, socialization, changing occupation, introduction
- language
- English
- id
- 3799418
- date added to LUP
- 2013-06-17 12:41:36
- date last changed
- 2013-06-17 12:41:36
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