title: Carers' careers--contingencies and crises.
abstract: A review of the literature on employment decisions shows that chance events vary in their contribution to the employment decision. The nature of these events varies between being quite favourable to being almost totally malign. The uncertainties involved in student midwives' employment decisions require certain strategies to be used to make allowance for these chance events, which may assume the proportions of crises. The recent study of student midwives' employment decisions demonstrates the nature of some of the uncertainties with which they are faced and the ways in which they cope. Conclusions are drawn concerning the significance of these processes for midwife managers.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mander
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom