Gratitude towards a past occupation among former union officers in Canada and Italy: Evidence of a binding force in boundaryless careers | WIP Seminar with Lorenzo Frangi

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Boundaryless careers develop over time as a thread that cut across different environments, including organizations and occupations. Forces that bind the present with the past can promote unity across diverse career environments. We examined one such binding force, gratitude towards a past occupation, comparing former union officers in Canada and Italy. Based on the analysis of 69 interviews, we add to the debate on career change by proposing an analytical framework defining gratitude as the result of the nature of the benefit received (know-how, know-whom, know-why) and its time duration (cycle, transitional, cumulative). Our proposed model with micro and macro factors yields insights into variations in gratitude towards a past occupation among individuals and between contexts. We conclude by discussing implications for practitioners.

Bio: Lorenzo Frangi is Professor of Employment Relations at the Department of Organization and Human Resources, School of Management, University of Quebec in Montreal (ESG UQAM). Drawing on innovative analytical perspectives, he studies several aspects of union evolution and renewal in comparative perspective. His contributions have appeared in, among others, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Work, Employment and Society, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations and in The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations.

Our CIRHR Work-In-Progress Seminar series allows members of our community to discuss early-stage research. Future guest speakers include:

• October 22, Sajdeep Soomal, PhD student, Department of History
• November 12, Jason Sockin, Assistant Professor, Cornell University