Work identities in Europe / guest editor, Simone Kirpal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirpal, Simone.

Series:

Career development international ; v. 9, no. 3, 2004.

Career development international ; v. 9, no. 3, 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupations--Europe.

Occupations.

Professions--Europe.

Professions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald Group Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contributions in this CDI special issue present research findings that have been generated in the course of the research project, Vocational Identity, Flexibility and Mobility in the European Labour Market, funded under the 5th EU Framework Programme. Investigating identity formation processes at work, the guiding research question focused on what individuals identify with in their work context when they are challenged to respond to increasing demands for flexibility, mobility, changing work settings and shifting skill requirements. Project partners from seven European countries (Czech Rep

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; INTRODUCTION Researching work identities in a European context; Conflicting vocational identities and careers in the sector of tourism; Engineering identities; Work identities of nurses Between caring and efficiency demands; Vocational identities in change in the telecommunications sector; Identification-flexibility dilemma of IT specialists; About the authors; Call for papers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-51494-9

9786610514946

1-84544-350-0

OCLC:

70745602