Careers in the right beat: US jazz musicians' typical and non‐typical trajectories

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Careers in the right beat: US jazz musicians' typical and non‐typical trajectories
Career Development International
12
187-201
2007/04
eng
1362-0436
Purpose – Recent research has shed light on career trajectories outside enclosed organizations and linked individual careers to career fields. This article seeks to explore how individuals' trajectories are affected by structural changes in career fields.

Design/methodology/approach – By exploring several jazz musicians' biographies, a typical trajectory is built. In contrast with this typical trajectory, alternative successful trajectories are investigated.

Findings – The typical trajectory entails a successful introduction of a musician into a field, followed by increasing recognition among peers at jam sessions, stream of engagements and among critics. Consecration of one's public persona occurs in tandem with the institutionalization of one's personal style
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Career Dev Int
10.1108/13620430710733659
Careers in the right beat
2019-12-03T22:48:48Z
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