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Developing Self and Self-Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Beyond
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ISBN: 978-1-83982-843-0

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Publication date: 16 December 2024

Graham Frobisher, Deborah Price and Jo Brewis

The 7th decade manager (7DM) is an overlooked and under-researched group in organisation studies. This paper explores the changes which 7DMs experience in later life through the…

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Purpose

The 7th decade manager (7DM) is an overlooked and under-researched group in organisation studies. This paper explores the changes which 7DMs experience in later life through the lenses of age, work and identity.

Design/methodology/approach

An interpretivist methodology was adopted and data were obtained via semi-structured interviews with 32 managers across 10 different sectors in England and Scotland. These data were analysed thematically.

Findings

Change manifested itself in various contradictory ways across three domains of age, work and identity. Age was experienced dichotomously, with these 7DMs identifying as subjectively younger yet openly (if reluctantly) accepting signs of ageing. They appeared more tolerant and kinder but could be impatient and outspoken. Work remained important, providing structure, a sense of purpose and camaraderie; however, career progression was not. Altruistically, the 7DMs exercised generativity by providing their colleagues with counsel in both work and personal matters. Their sense of self and identity work featured prominently, particularly in the liminality associated with the impending cessation of work. Preparation for the psychosocial transition to retirement was lacking.

Research limitations/implications

This project would have benefitted from a larger and broader cohort demographic. Whether there are any significant gender or ethnic differences in attitudes, values or approaches to work cannot be ascertained from the data obtained. Future studies should therefore include a greater diversity of participants. There may also be merit in investigating if any differences exist for the ex-military 7DM manager compared to others.

Practical implications

Organisations can benefit from greater recognition of the value experienced managers in their later working lives can bring. Both the broader community of managers and their employers would benefit from leveraging the experience, knowledge and attributes of older managers in their passage through their 7th decade and better prepare younger people to succeed them.

Social implications

Different agencies such as government, employers, professional bodies like the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Trade Unions or consultancies may wish to explore the benefits and practicalities of preparing the individual for the transition to retirement. Importantly, this should address the psychosocial connotations associated with ceasing work. Whilst this applies to all 7th decade workers, we suggest that there are some challenges that are peculiar to being an older manager.

Originality/value

Whilst much is known about older workers, research relating to older managers, especially those in their seventh decade, is largely absent. This paper illustrates the changes and challenges they experience in both their professional and personal lives, some of which seem to be unique to this age group and many of which would benefit from being addressed in organisational policy and practice as well as further research.

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Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1746-5648

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Publication date: 1 March 1973

ALAN ARMSTRONG

Younger librarians in the industrial rat race dare not seek the leisurely and quietly secure job: an absence of ambition and drive does not enhance the security of industrial…

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Younger librarians in the industrial rat race dare not seek the leisurely and quietly secure job: an absence of ambition and drive does not enhance the security of industrial librarians. To be in the rat race of one's own choice, is to want, above all, to win, and those who do win, do so with no illusion of contentment and security, but with a strength and determination to market a personal and professional ability, fulfilling the demands placed upon them. In this article, I submit that a well thought out marketing strategy is essential to the ambitions of younger librarians.

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New Library World, vol. 74 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 3 May 2011

Mary Rice

A story that Robert told in class during this research exposes the tension of simultaneously studying literacy and identity when submission and control are also processes at work…

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A story that Robert told in class during this research exposes the tension of simultaneously studying literacy and identity when submission and control are also processes at work in the story. There are two pieces of this story. In the first part of the story, Robert relates the narrative. The second part consists of the details of the story he told. Both pieces can be used to illustrate different elements of the tension between studying literacy and identity as a single construct labeled literate identity. In addition to suggesting a metaphor for literacy and identity, Robert's story navigates the constructs of submission and control that Wong (2008) discusses in terms of the aesthetic of motivation. The tension between submission and control when coupled with an exploration of literacy and identity has implications for the notions of resistance to literacy in the field of boys' literacy as well as the being and doing of literacy for the boys in this study.Our class began with the students congratulating Robert on his storytelling. When I inquired further, I found out that Robert had started to tell the legend of Cupid and Psyche in a previous class, but he had run out of time. The rest of the students expressed interest in hearing the story, either for the first time, or to know the end. Initially, his telling ebbed and flowed. He apologized for his lack of fluency and explained he was trying to provide us the parts of the story we would find the most interesting. Eventually he settled into a rhythm and finished 50 minutes later. (Reconstructed field note, December 2009)

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Adolescent Boys' Literate Identity
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ISBN: 978-0-85724-906-7

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Publication date: 1 May 1990

Alan Younger

Small companies often have quality management needs which differ from those of large companies. The Q‐Share scheme, administered by Polyfield Services Ltd, provides assistance in…

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Small companies often have quality management needs which differ from those of large companies. The Q‐Share scheme, administered by Polyfield Services Ltd, provides assistance in implementing quality management programmes especially tailored for the individual organisation's needs.

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The TQM Magazine, vol. 2 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0954-478X

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Publication date: 1 January 2014

Ross Kleinstuber

The very contextual nature of most mitigating evidence runs counter to America’s individualistic culture. Prior research has found that capital jurors are unreceptive to most…

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The very contextual nature of most mitigating evidence runs counter to America’s individualistic culture. Prior research has found that capital jurors are unreceptive to most mitigating circumstances, but no research has examined the capital sentencing decisions of trial judges. This study fills that gap through a content analysis of eight judicial sentencing opinions from Delaware. The findings indicate that judges typically dismiss contextualizing evidence in their sentencing opinions and instead focus predominately on the defendant’s culpability. This finding calls into question the ability of guided discretion statutes to ensure the consideration of mitigation and limit arbitrariness in the death penalty.

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Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
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ISBN: 978-1-78350-785-6

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Publication date: 1 November 1971

David Hodgkinson and Alan Younger

The subject of liberal studies provokes many worthy theories but they often avoid the question of how a course should be set up in practice. At Hatfield Polytechnic the authors…

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The subject of liberal studies provokes many worthy theories but they often avoid the question of how a course should be set up in practice. At Hatfield Polytechnic the authors have developed a project which relates to the students' engineering studies and work outside college.

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Education + Training, vol. 13 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 7 November 2011

Mike Molesworth, Rebecca Jenkins and Sue Eccles

Purpose – In this chapter we consider how two apparently disconnected practices – one very human (loving relationships), another the apparently alienating outcome of consumer…

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Purpose – In this chapter we consider how two apparently disconnected practices – one very human (loving relationships), another the apparently alienating outcome of consumer technology (videogame play) – may turn out to be linked in very intimate and perhaps surprising ways. In making this connection we hope to comment on how consumer practices may be understood in the context of dynamic human relationships and cultural ideals.

Methodology – We conducted 36 phenomenological interviews with adult videogame players in order to elicit everyday experiences of videogame play in the context of the individual's lifeworld. This chapter deals with aspects of data that explore relationships with partners and children.

Findings – We illustrate that consumer practices, ideals, and even couples are not stable things, but are subject to routine reconfiguration throughout life. We suggest the possibility of a triadic theory of human relationships that consists of the people themselves, their consumer practices, and ideas about what love means.

Originality/value of paper – Previous questions about the value of videogame consumption have tended to ask about violence or the normalcy of how we might spend our time. In this chapter we have attempted to shift the focus to questions about human relationships and how they might be enacted with consumer technologies. By understanding the interactions between human actors, their consumer practices and their ideals we are able to comment on existing critiques and celebrations of the impact of consumer culture on human relationships.

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Research in Consumer Behavior
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ISBN: 978-1-78052-116-9

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Publication date: 1 October 2011

Soo May Cheng

International wine marketing, focusing on the emerging importance of Hong Kong as a wine business hub in the Asia Pacific region.

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Subject area

International wine marketing, focusing on the emerging importance of Hong Kong as a wine business hub in the Asia Pacific region.

Study level/applicability

MBA or year 3/4 undergraduate business course. Some prior knowledge of organisational structure, management decision–making, marketing principles and consumer behaviour will be helpful.

Case overview

Sinolink is a small family business that successfully made the transition to become one of the largest local wine dealers in Hong Kong, trading internationally and growing phenomenally through a combination of management and marketing savvy. Its story is worth telling at a time when Hong Kong is emerging as an important wine business hub in the Asia Pacific region. It faces new opportunities and challenges in such a dynamic environment.

Expected learning outcomes

Some learning points are: how vision and leadership affects business strategy; international supplier relationship and product knowledge as critical foundations for the wine business; customer relationship management and marketing as competitive strategies; and flexibility in response to operational considerations and challenges is vital to success

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Teaching notes.

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Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, vol. 1 no. 4
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 2045-0621

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Publication date: 12 June 2007

Alan Richardson and Joni Young

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Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 20 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3574

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