Autoethnography in vocational psychology: Wearing your class on your sleeve

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-615

  McIlveen, Peter ^a   Beccaria, Gavin ^a   du Preez, Jan ^a   Patton, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autoethnography; critical consciousness; qualitative research; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049272355     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845309357048     Document Type: Article

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