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Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Management Update", 1996

Abstract

As job security becomes less commonplace for most employees, there is a rising trend among a minority of managers to adopt a "professional ethic" with respect to their careers that builds a shared commitment between companies and individuals for a limited period of time. Charles Heckscher, chair of the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department of Rutgers University, describes this approach as an alternative to both loyalty and free agency. He advocates that managers develop stronger networks and associations among themselves. Heckscher also discusses the need to build transferable skills and a way to make benefits portable between institutions.

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Abstract

As job security becomes less commonplace for most employees, there is a rising trend among a minority of managers to adopt a "professional ethic" with respect to their careers that builds a shared commitment between companies and individuals for a limited period of time. Charles Heckscher, chair of the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department of Rutgers University, describes this approach as an alternative to both loyalty and free agency. He advocates that managers develop stronger networks and associations among themselves. Heckscher also discusses the need to build transferable skills and a way to make benefits portable between institutions.

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