1. CAREER ANCHOR (SCHEIN)
A way to describe self-images within the internal career

2. perceived competence motives values
CAREER ANCHOR
perceived competence motives values

3. That one would not give up That represents one’s real self

4. one’s attitude to one’s occupation
One’s career anchor
will describe
one’s attitude to one’s occupation

6. Technical/Functional Competence
Would not give up the opportunity to apply his or her skill in that area and will continue develop those skills to an ever higher level.
Derive their sense of identity from the exercise of their skills
Most happy when their work permits them to be challenged in those areas
May be willing to manage others in their technical or functional area
Not interested in management for its own sake
Would avoid general management

7. General Managerial Competence
Would not give up the opportunity to climb level high
Want to be responsible and accountable for the total result and they identify their own work with the success of the organization for which they work
Ambition is to obtain generalist job
A high managerial level in a function does not interest them

8. Autonomy/Independence
Would not give up the opportunity to define his or her work in his or her way
Wants to remain in jobs that allow flexibility regarding when and how to work
Do not stand organizational rules and restriction
Turn down the opportunities for promotion and advancement in order to retain autonomy
May even seek to have business of their own in order to achieve a sense of autonomy; however, this motive is not the same as the entrepreneurial creativity

9. Security/Stability
Employment security/stability, the most important thing
Main concern is to achieve a sense of having succeeded so that they can relax
May involve trading personal loyalty and willingness to do whatever the employer wants for some promise of job tenure
Less concerned with the content of their work and ranks they achieve in the organization, although they achieve high levels
Always are concerned with these issues and build their entire self- images around the management of security and stability

10. Entrepreneurial Creativity
Would not give up the opportunity to create an organization or enterprise of their own, built on their own ability and their willingness to take risk and overcome obstacles
Create an enterprise that is a result of their own efforts
May be working for others while they are learning and assessing future opportunities, but they will go out on their own as soon as they can
Want their enterprise to be financially successful in order to prove their abilities.

11. Service/Dedication to a Cause
Would not give up is the opportunity to pursue work that achieves something of value, Pursue such opportunities even if it means changing organization
Do not accept transfers or promotions that would take them out of the work that fulfills those values

12. Pure Challenge
Would not give up the opportunity to search for solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems, to win out over tough opportunities, or to overcome difficult obstacle
Reason they work, as it permits them to win over the impossible
In intellectual kind of work
Novelty, variety, difficulty become ends in themselves, and if something is easy it immediately becomes boring.

13. Lifestyle
Would not give up a situation that permits him or her to balance and integrate personal needs, family needs, and requirement of his or her career
Want to make all the major sectors of their lives work together towards an integrated whole, need career situation that provide enough flexibility
May have to sacrifice some aspect of their careers
Define success in terms broader then just career success
Tied up with how they live their lives, where they live, how they deal with their family situations, and how they develop themselves than they are with any particular job or organization.