Intro
About This Book
Contents
About the Authors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 When I Grow Old, I Want to Be a...
1.1 Emergence of Career Change in a Contemporary Environment
1.2 The Importance of Studying Career Change
1.3 Gaps in Career Change Research
1.4 A Phenomenological Inquiry of Career Change
1.5 In This Book
References
2 Career Change: The Story Thus Far
2.1 Understanding Careers
2.1.1 Definition and Meaning of a Career
2.1.2 Careers in the Contemporary Context
2.2 The Phenomenon of Career Change

2.2.1 Definitions of Career Change
2.2.2 Attributes and Motivations of Career Changers
2.2.3 The Career Change Process
2.2.4 Sense-Making of Career Change
2.3 Careers Through an Emotional Perspective
2.3.1 Emotions in Career Decision-Making, Career Adaptability and Career Perception
2.3.2 Emotions in Career Change
2.4 Career Change in Malaysia
2.4.1 Socio-Economic Background of Malaysia
2.4.2 Sociocultural Institutions in Malaysia
2.4.3 Trending Career Movements in Malaysia
References
3 Turning the Kaleidoscope of Career Change
3.1 Narrative 1: Rejectors

3.1.1 Theme 1: The Choice Outsource
3.1.2 Theme 2: Accidental Passion
3.1.3 Theme 3: A Personal Attack, An Emotional Act
3.1.4 Theme 4: Learning and Enjoyment as Identity Currency
3.2 Narrative 2: Navigators
3.2.1 Theme 1: Calculated Deliberation
3.2.2 Theme 2: Emotionally Directed Change
3.2.3 Theme 3: The Driver's Seat
3.2.4 Theme 4: The Yin-Yang Juggle
3.3 Narrative 3: Seekers
3.3.1 Theme 1: The Meaning of Work
3.3.2 Theme 2: Romanticising Change
3.3.3 Theme 3: Finding "The One"
4 The Five Stages of Career Change

4.1 Disillusionment of Initial Career Choice
4.2 Career Choice Crisis
4.3 Fight or Flight from Initial Career
4.4 Stepping Out of the Loop
4.5 Career Change Narrative Construction
4.6 "Rejecting", "Navigating" or "Seeking" a Career Change
4.6.1 Rejectors' Career Change Process
4.6.2 Navigators' Career Change Process
4.6.3 Seekers' Career Change Process
5 The Art of Change: Live, Learn, Repeat
5.1 How We Shape Career Decisions
5.1.1 Identity Structure
5.1.2 Emotion Appraisal
5.1.3 Personal Agency
5.1.4 Rationality of Decision

5.2 How Career Outcomes Shape Us
5.2.1 Adaptive Identity Structure
5.2.2 Revised Emotion Appraisal
5.3 The Adaptive Career Construal Model
References
6 People Change Careers, So What?
6.1 Fresh Insights in Career Change Research
6.1.1 Identification of Three Different Narratives of the Career Change Experience
6.1.2 Identification of a Five-Stage Career Change Process
6.1.3 Unveiling the Role of Negative Emotions in the Career Change Experience
6.1.4 Introducing an Adaptive Perspective to Career Development
6.2 How Can You Leverage These Insights?
6.2.1 Career Development and Management of Employees in the Contemporary Context