Some researchers have emphasized the importance of identifying individuals' dominant career anchors and perhaps matching these anchors withThe concept of career anchors refers to a pattern of self-perceived talents and abilities, values, and motives that influences a person' s career-related decisions (Schein 1971(Schein , 1975(Schein , 1996. As such, career anchors are similar to what others have referred to as career values (Arthur, Hall, and Lawrence, 1989), and career anchors may be related to the occupations that individuals choose to pursue (Nordvik, 1996). Schein (1971Schein ( , 1975Schein ( , 1978Schein ( , 1985 explained that although many occupations provide fulfillment of several career anchors, most people discover that one particular orientation anchors the decisions and choices they make in their careers. As such, career anchors affect the way in which individuals respond to events and experiences at work (Igbaria, Greenhaus, and Parasuraman, 1991).
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