Shaping knowledge regarding occupation: Examining the cultural underpinnings of the evolving concept of occupational identity

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-162

  Rudman, Deborah Laliberte ^a   Dennhardt, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Knowledge; Occupation; Occupational science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; WORK;

EID: 49849104791     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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