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UMI/ProQuest URL |
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http://80-wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3166416 |
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PUBLICATION NUMBER |
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AAT 3166416 |
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TITLE |
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The transition experience of retired professionals from for-profit organizations to employment in non-profit organizations |
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AUTHOR |
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Camp, Ruth Ann |
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DEGREE |
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PhD |
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SCHOOL |
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FIELDING GRADUATE INSTITUTE |
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DATE |
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2003 |
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PAGES |
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151 |
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ADVISER |
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ISBN |
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SOURCE |
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DAI-A 66/03, p. 1181, Sep 2005 |
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SUBJECT |
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SOCIOLOGY, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY STUDIES (0628) |
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ABSTRACT |
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This research
focuses on the transition of persons retiring from for-profit firms and
becoming reemployed in non-profit organizations. In response to the research
question, “How do individuals who retire from a for-profit organization and
move to employment in a non-profit organization describe and understand
their transition experience?” this qualitative study focuses on distinct
stages of the transition: the pre-transition stage of role exit from the
for-profit environment; the transition stage of between role movement; the
post-transition stage of role entry into the non-profit organization; and
the adaptation stage of reflective assessment of the transition. The data
were collected from in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with 10
persons employed as Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer, or Director
of a staff function in non-profit community agencies. Analysis of the data
indicates that the post-transition entry into the non-profit organizations
entailed discoveries of tenuous business systems and an unexpected number of
simultaneous demands from multiple constituencies both inside and outside of
the agencies. This study suggests: community agency leadership requires an
integration of for-profit and non-profit skills and experience that emerges
as a new hybrid model; learning to engage and shape the new non-profit
environment was key to development as midlife professionals; and the popular
social discourses on midlife as prelude to decline in professional activity
were not relevant. While the results pertain to the studied respondents,
they have potential transferability for further research. (UMI
abstract ends here) |