Career regret and career sacrifice: the less examined yet ever-present career experiences

Abstract

This symposium explores career regret and career sacrifice – phenomena experienced by many individuals throughout the course of their working lives. Career regret is the feeling of wishing to undo a past decision made in one’s career, whereas career sacrifice involves a decision to give something up in one’s career. These related career experiences have both been relatively under-explored in the field of careers and organisational behaviour (Byington, Felps and Baruch, 2019). However, their prevalence and their potential to impact on the careers and well-being of career actors, especially in the current turbulent climate, calls for a better understanding of these phenomena. Scholars in this symposium have been united in their motivation to further understand these phenomena and their individual and organisational consequences The Remains of the Day: Dealing with Regret in Later Career Presenter: John Blenkinsopp; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria U. Presenter: Shuo Wang; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria U. Presenter: Olaolu Eniola; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria U. Regret’s consequences: The performance of Regret Workers Presenter: Alexandra Budjanovcanin; King's College London Presenter: Chris Woodrow; Henley Business School, U. of Reading Higher role performance… but higher partner self-sacrifice too. Does worker self-sacrifice pay off? Presenter: Michael Clinton; King's College London Unpacking career sacrifice: From prosocial benefits to regret Presenter: Jelena Zikic; York U. Presenter: Soodabeh Mansoori; York U., Toronto