Struggling for space: Narrative methods and the crisis of professionalism in career guidance in England

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-410

  Reid, Hazel ^a   West, Linden ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

career guidance; narrative approaches; professionalisation; qualitative methods; research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860720667     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2011.566321     Document Type: Article

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