with stability and harmony. He/she is given more responsibilities at work position and
plays effective role in decision making. Though apparently stable at work he/she may be
confronted with the feeling of frustration due to career pleating or feeling of guilt for
sacrificing his/her personal life for achieving career success. These feeling become
visible as restlessness of the individual and he/she then evaluates his/her career goals and
his achievements. Daniel Levinson has labeled this circumstances as the mid career
crises, which is then followed by adjustments to the work life (Godshlik et al, 2000).
If a continuous appraisals of career development strategy is carried out with
respect to personal and work life, there is a possibility that the felt impact of the mid
career crises will be minimum. At this stage the individual is in charge of things at work
as well as personal life and his suggestion and decision are taken seriously on both the
sides. As suggested by Levinson:
The organization could play a supportive role in helping employee
understand the transitional mid career period and therefore would help
revitalize his motivation and help improve the supervisor – subordinate
relationship, likely to be affected by the mid career crises.(in Career
Management; Godshlik et al.; 2000)2.11.1.5. Stage 5: late Career
At this stage when the individual is awaiting his retirement, Levinson has suggested two
main tasks for him. First of all he should continue to be productive to the organization
and should retain the sense of self worth. Secondly, he says that the individual should
plan and prepare himself for smooth retirement so that he is not engulfed by the
devastating effects of retirement (Levinson; in Career Management; Godshlik et al.;
2000).
Planning careers after retirement seems to be exclusively individuals’
responsibility, because after leaving the job, the organization will have not any concern
with the individual’s life. This may not be totally true unless otherwise i.e. the
individual’s limitation due to certain reasons such as health or other personal