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Requesting and Obtaining Development I-deals: A Career-Based Perspective

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Idiosyncratic Deals at Work

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In a context where protean careers become more the norm than the exception, requesting and obtaining development i-deals represent an interesting tactic that individuals can use to shape their careers. This chapter builds bridges between the literatures on careers and i-deals to identify a set of considerations about why employees request and obtain a development i-deal, and then react to the development i-deal negotiation process. By so doing, it also integrates knowledge about career inaction in order to explore the reasons why individuals may not request or obtain an i-deal. The different mechanisms highlighted in the chapter open the door to new research questions about development i-deals requesting as a career-shaping tactic.

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Guerrero, S., Bentein, K. (2022). Requesting and Obtaining Development I-deals: A Career-Based Perspective. In: Anand, S., Rofcanin, Y. (eds) Idiosyncratic Deals at Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88516-8_1

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