Remembrance of things past: Cultural process and practice in the analysis of career stories

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-201

  Cohen, Laurie ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career; Culture; Discourse; Hegemony; Patterns of meaning making; Raymond Williams; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750625874     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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