***POSTED ON BEHALF OF SUSAN ASHFORD < sja@umich.edu >***
Dear Colleagues,
Come join us at the Academy Meetings on Friday from 1pm - 4pm:
Composing a Life: Navigating the Transition in to Adulthood II
Susan Ashford, Placida Gallegos , Kathy Kram, and Ilene Wasserman
This workshop provides a safe and stimulating environment for academy members to explore the unique challenges that individuals face as they near the end of careers that have spanned most of their adult lives and enter "Adulthood II." We hope to attract faculty and scholar-practitioners who perceive themselves as entering a major transition (due to changes in work or personal status) and to foster personal reflection as well as the development of shared themes that may serve to frame future research in the study of Late Career and Life Transitions more generally.
In Catherine Bateson's new book, Composing a Further Life, She points out that many people are living longer, enduring good health, and have the desire to continue to contribute, though perhaps in new ways and in new directions. In our workshop, we will explore the unique challenges that individuals face as they near the end of careers that have spanned most of their adult lives and enter "Adulthood II." We will stimulate small group discussions and dyadic conversations that allow for deep exploration, development of personal insights, and the creation of a future research agenda on this topic. These themes include: The Nature of Active Wisdom, Building a Personal Legacy, Letting Go and Building New Commitments, The Role of Relationships in Navigating Transitions, Gender Differences in Adulthood II, and Identity Continuity/ Discontinuity over the Life Course.
Please join us as we reflect together as well as develop shared themes that may serve to frame future research in the study of Late Career and Life Transitions more generally.
--Sue Ashford
Susan J. Ashford
Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organization
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA 48109-1234
Tel: 1.734.763.1091
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