An Overwhelming Climb: The Complexities of Combining College, Full-Time Work, and Company Tuition Assistance

Autor/inn/en	Gagnon, Janelle L.; Packard, Becky Wai-Ling
Titel	An Overwhelming Climb: The Complexities of Combining College, Full-Time Work, and Company Tuition Assistance
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 39 (2012) 6, S.479-499 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845310397362
Schlagwörter	Career Development; Tuition; Employee Assistance Programs; Interviews; Phenomenology; Education Work Relationship; Family Work Relationship; Stress Variables; Occupational Surveys; Barriers; Postmodernism; Academic Aspiration; Occupational Aspiration; Goal Orientation; Achievement Need; Employee Attitudes; Student Experience; Part Time Students; Employees; Performance Factors; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Beschäftigungsprojekt; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Berufsanalyse; Postmoderne; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Studienerfahrung; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Leistungsindikator; Bewältigung
Abstract	This paper examines the complex experiences of full-time employed adults trying to climb the career ladder in their company by making use of company tuition assistance to earn their first college degree. Guided by Savickas' (2005) career construction theory, emphasizing the personal agency and meaning-making within career development, we conducted phenomenological interviews with a purposive sample of eight men and women from six different companies using company tuition assistance while working full-time. Participants held complex feelings toward dual roles of work and school including feeling overwhelmed and delayed in their progress as well as experiencing positive synergy between school and work roles. Workplace features such as flexible scheduling and having an encouraging supervisor facilitated progress. Implications for understanding and supporting the career development of full-time employed adults are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10