Narrating career, positioning identity: Career identity as a narrative practice

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  LaPointe, Kirsi ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career identity; Dialogical narrative analysis; Identity work; Narrative; Positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953810261     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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