JOB LOSS AS CAREER GROWTH - RESPONSES TO INVOLUNTARY CAREER TRANSITIONS

The Latack-Dozier (1986) model of career growth through job loss was e xamined using a sample of 515 involuntarily displaced professionals. R esults supported the model and identified variables most predictive of career growth for men and women. The results also partially supported the hypothesis that men and women rely on different forms of social s upport after job loss. The Latack-Dozier model is discussed in light o f the findings. In addition, implications for dismissed workers, for c areer development specialists, and for practitioners are discussed.