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career mystique  

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  • The term career refers to identifiable patterns of movement within and across jobs (and/or organizations) throughout the life course. The career mystique is the belief that a lifetime of working hard, job commitment, and putting in long hours is the only path to occupational and economic success, personal fulfillment, higher status, and a secure retirement—the path to the American dream. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Career Mystique]

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