Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pursuit of professional advancement as one's chief or sole aim.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice of advancing one's career at the expense of one's personal integrity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The overwhelming desire or urge to
advance one's owncareer or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests or social growth. - noun The perception that being a member of the
military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity
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Examples
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The 2.0 orientation is what most people think of as "careerism" -- aiming for increased personal power, authority and position within an organization.
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The 2.0 orientation is what most people think of as "careerism" -- aiming for increased personal power, authority and position within an organization.
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I like having a career, but that kind of careerism reeks of intellectual and scholarly unseriousness.
Safe Scholarship and Serious Blogging Richard Nokes 2006
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The impact of aberrations such as careerism, personal enrichment and corruption on the revolutionary morality of the ANC has also been observed and debated.
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This should be combined with addressing challenges of accountability and dispassionately managing the negative effects of incumbency such as careerism, competition for status, corruption and so on.
Contextual considerations in addressing challenges of leadership 2006
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This should be combined with addressing challenges of accountability and dispassionately managing the negative effects of incumbency such as careerism, competition for status, corruption and so on.
CONTENTS: 2006
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The ANC has had to contend with an exodus of experienced leadership from full-time organisational work, with weakened branches, and with the emergence of tendencies such as careerism and factionalism.
ANC Today 2001
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The ANC has had to contend with an exodus of experienced leadership from full-time organisational work, with weakened branches, and with the emergence of tendencies such as careerism and factionalism.
ANC Today 2001
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If the ANC was genuinely trying to stop "careerism" within its ranks, it was going about it the wrong way.
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Mbeki called on ANC members to fight corruption and "careerism" within the party's ranks.
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