Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of career regret. It examines processes that give rise to it including social comparison, social influences on career choice and career satisfaction and explores its association with occupational commitment and intention to quit the...

1. Introduction and rationale -- 2. Professional dominance theory restated -- 3. The shock of the new public management : UK health care organizations transformed? -- 4. Network governance reforms : a post-NPM-reform narrative? -- 5. Governmentality and health care organizations -- 6....