The creation of coherence in the transitional career. A narrative case study of the woman entrepreneur

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-48

  Sinisalo, Pentti ^a   Komulainen, Katri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career; Entrepreneurship; Narrative; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149088112     PISSN: 18730388     EISSN: 15731782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10775-007-9134-4     Document Type: Article

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