Bringing schemas to the tableDefinition and measurement of cognitive schemas involved in careers

This paper intends to describe the cognitive schemas involved in careers. First, we demonstrate that common concepts used in career studies cannot account for the contemporary, context-rooted career behaviors. Second, we define “career schemas” and develop a scale in order to validate and measure them. The study used both a scale development process and cognitive mapping. The study was conducted on three samples of French executives (“cadres”)....