considered independent of any one organization according to the concept of boundary
less career.
According to Greenhaus, Callanan and Godshlik“The essence of a boundary-less
career is its independence from a particular organization and its existing career
path.”(2000: p.10). Further explaining the process, Career development has been defined
by J.H Greenhaus, G.H Callanan and Veronina M. Godshlik as “an ongoing process by
which the individuals progress through a series of stages, each of which is characterized
by a relatively unique set of issues, themes and tasks.” (2000; pg. 13)
Career development has two different perspectives from organizational and
individual point of view (Godshlik et al.; 2000). According to Cheryl the organizations’
desired outcome of the process is to achieve best match between people and jobs and for
individuals the desired outcomes based on a range of expectation including status, job
flexibility, monetary rewards and realization of values as required under the
circumstances (1989).
From Organizational point of view with respect to HRM, Career Development is
career planning within the organization which is mostly concerned with tracking career
paths and developing career ladders (the operational aspect of career development).
Thomson and Mabey comments that if the organization does not consider career and
succession planning then it becomes difficult for individuals to pursue their career plans
(1994; p.126). As discussed earlier, due to organizational downsizing and contractual
employment the concept of such organizational activities is becoming more and more
blurred. Under the circumstances the employee cannot mange the process of career
development on his own. According to Simonsen:
It would be unreasonable to expect employees, on their own, to translate
company vision and mission into strategies, read the career implications of
those strategies, determine personal goals, and then identify action steps
based on these goals (1997)From individual’s perspective career development is the attainment of stability
and satisfaction in life. Here stability would include both balance in work and family, and