HRM 4430 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 career as relationships

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 4430
• Professor: Soosan Latham

Document Summary

Chapter 9 - career as relationships: social encounters, relationships, networks, communities. Social encounters: lowest level, chance meetings with individuals whereby they influence each other. Relationships: individuals develop a longer-term association enabling them to influence each other and collaborate on a repeated or ongoing basis. Networks: a combination of many relationships, it is this notion of networks that provides the greatest potential for careers. Communities: networks which combine so that members help others they have never met, based on community membership. Characteristics of a network: networks of individual contacts can be influenced by individual action, connections can be developed purposely, networks are reciprocal. That is, network members put energy into the network as well as taking it out, and offer help to others as well as seeking help from them. Types of networking behaviour: maintaining contact, socializing, professional activities, participating in community, organizational visibility.