Abstract
Abstract A survey of voluntary radical career change based on a sample of 99 men provided the opportunity to explore happiness and radical career change. This highly educated sample had careers of well-above-average occupational status prior to career change. Results show that, with the exception of health, objective life circumstances were not good predictors of their happiness. After the career change, the average number of hours per week spent working increased, and annual holidays became shorter. Income and socioeconomic status both dropped markedly following the change. However, average well-being in the sample, as assessed by a standardized measuring device, was significantly higher than that in the New Zealand population at large, and sample members regarded their career change as successful.
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