Edgar Schein

Edgar Henry Schein (March 5, 1928 – January 26, 2023)[1] was a Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist who was professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

[3] He was the son of former University of Chicago professor Marcel Schein.

The career anchor is a part of what one finds as they clarify their self-image surrounding one's (1) needs and motives, (2) talents, and (3) values, the anchor being set of needs, values, and talents that a person is least willing to give up when forced to make a choice.

The concept is Schein's attempt to reflect the lifelong search of every human to find themselves.

Follow-up studies in the 1980s identified three additional constructs: (6) service or dedication to a cause, (7) pure challenge, and (8) life style.