Meanings
nouncareership (uncountable)
- uncountableAn approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
Origin
From career + -ship, coined in the 2000s in a paper by Phil Hodkinson and Andrew C. Sparkes.
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APA
careership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/careership
MLA
“careership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/careership. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “careership,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/careership.
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