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Lost in time and space: temporal and spatial challenges facing older workers in a global economy from a career capital perspective

Tempest, Sue; Coupland, Christine

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SUE TEMPEST SUE.TEMPEST@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Strategic Management and Learning

Christine Coupland



Abstract

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper develops a conceptual framework to enhance our understanding of the career challenges facing older workers in a global economy. A distinction between ‘high’ and ‘low’ career capital of older workers is made. This distinction is then used to highlight potential temporal and spatial challenges for older workers in their later life careers. We draw on empirical evidence from existing studies of older workers and their careers. The contribution of this paper to human resource management debates is threefold. Firstly, we contribute to debates in the HRM(Human Resource Management) literature about intelligent careers and career capital by distinguishing between high and low career capital to explain the polarisation of older workers’ careers. Secondly, we synthesise career capital issues with spatial and temporal aspects of international labour markets to conceptualise the key issues and challenges which create potential boundaries for older workers when navigating later life careers thereby contributing to ‘boundary-focused scholarship’ (Inkson, K., Gunz, H., Ganesh, S., & Roper, J. (2012). Boundaryless careers; Bringing back boundaries, Organization Studies, 33, 323–340). Finally, we develop a series of propositions to provide a basis for further research into the issues of space and time relevant to older ‘high’ and ‘low’ career capital workers, their careers and HRM.

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Tempest, S., & Coupland, C. (2017). Lost in time and space: temporal and spatial challenges facing older workers in a global economy from a career capital perspective. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(15), 2159-2183. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1128455

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 12, 2015
Online Publication Date Jan 20, 2016
Publication Date Aug 22, 2017
Deposit Date Apr 14, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Journal of Human Resource Management
Print ISSN 0958-5192
Electronic ISSN 1466-4399
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 28
Issue 15
Pages 2159-2183
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1128455
Keywords Career capital, Space, Boundaries, International labour markets, Time, Intelligent career theory, Older workers’ careers
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/772203
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09585192.2015.1128455
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