These special forum articles cover a broad range
of methodologies and theories and address issues at
the group level, organization level, institutional
level, and indeed very often at multiple levels simultaneously.
However, although individuals certainly
play a crucial role as key actors in many of
the studies, none of the articles takes as its central
focus the individual level of analysis, and indeed
very few such studies were submitted to the forum.
This is both unfortunate and somewhat puzzling.
We believQ^ that there are important opportunities
to address management and organizational concerns
at the individual level of analysis and would
encourage such research that might deal with such
temporally evolving issues as careers, work-family
balance, identity, work practices, and socialization
from a process perspective.