Capturing the Diversity of Transition from a Multidisciplinary Perspective‪.‬

The aim in this article is to use a big-picture view of the concept of transition to explore career transition. It does this by adding a sociological perspective to the more common psychological and educational perspectives in the field. Earlier career development focus on fixed career stages (Super, 1957) has been superseded by theories emphasising career transition that is lateral as well as longitudinal. These offer more flexible ways of describing career change. They also readily adjust to changes in society and workplace such as the socio-political importance of identity, financial meltdown and consequences of workplace change. In negotiating careers in today's environment, attention to transition emerges as specially significant under the following circumstances: * in profession-to-profession career transitions, since themes of advancement, social mobility, 'impostor syndrome', career plateauing, appear less than in conventional upward career movements