Scillio Making Career Stories

Navigating Work and a Sense of Security
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-55179-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 238 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book is about how people construct career stories: the stories we use to make sense of our work life. Mark Scillio explores the idea of security in the current turbulent employment climate, investigating employment experiences in developed, wealthy countries like Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom—where careers have become fragmented, complex, and uncertain. Using Anthony Giddens’ notion of ontological security, Scillio develops a concept of career security that goes beyond economic and financial concerns and encompasses the personal and social meaning of work. The ramifications of succeeding (or failing) to forge a good career narrative are explored through a series of detailed case studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scillio, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Situating the Study 2. Conceptualizing Career Security
Part I. Being in Organizations
3. Entangled Work Motivations4. How Routines Shape Career Stories 5. Organizations as Places of Learning and Self-Development 6. Narrative Crises 
Part II. Going it Alone 
7. Developing an Entrepreneurial Story 8. Creating your own Structures: Implications for the Self 9. Personalizing Social Problems 10. The Audience as a Social Context and Form of Grounding
Part III. In-Between Places
11. Possible Selves and Career Stories 12. Structure and Coherence in Career Stories 13. Conclusion: Career Security and Keeping a Good Story Going

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Scillio has worked as a university lecturer, adult educator, policy advisor, and social researcher. He currently teaches sociology at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne.