Int. J. Transitions and Innovation Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2014 153 Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Boundaryless career management: theoretical perspective on individual and institutional agency Rasa Smaliukiene* and Renata Korsakiene Vilnius Gediminas Technical Universty, Sauletekio av. 11, Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: rasa.smaliukiene@vgtu.lt E-mail: renata.korsakiene@vgtu.lt *Corresponding author Abstract: Majority of researches have investigated boundaryless career from individual’s perspectives. Hence, boundaryless career is perceived as an individual agency. Meanwhile, only limited number of studies adopted different approach towards boundaryless career and brought back organisational perspective. These studies aimed to analyse boundaryless career as an organisational agency and stressed the need for counselling or social support in dynamic labour market. Although both streams of studies have expanded career management perspective, much less attempts were made to combine individual and institutional perspectives. Taking into consideration theoretical approaches, the paper develops research methodology, which aims to answer the main questions: 1) how middle-aged or senior employees adapt to new roles as proactive designers of their own careers; 2) what institutional support do they need from employment service organisations, career consultants, coaches and mentors. Keywords: boundaryless career; middle-aged or senior employees; proactive behaviour; institutional support. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Smaliukiene, R. and Korsakiene, R. (2014) ‘Boundaryless career management: theoretical perspective on individual and institutional agency’, Int. J. Transitions and Innovation Systems, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.153–160. Biographical notes: Rasa Smaliukiene is a Professor of Management and Public Administration at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Lithuanian Military Academy. Her research interests focus on leadership development, interfaces between organisational behaviour and entrepreneurship. She has conducted few research projects on leadership career management from which recently a book have been published: Secondary Career of Officers and Servicemen, Vilnius, 2013. Renata Korsakiene holds a Doctor’s degree in Management and Administration from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania. She is an Associated Professor at Business Management Faculty, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Lithuania. Her research focuses on strategic management, change management and human resource management issues. She has authored more than 60 publications and six made up of books and research articles, published in scientific journals, indexed and abstracted in numerous international databases and refereed international conference proceedings. She participated in research projects funded by the EU funds. She is a member of editorial boards of Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues and Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues.