Stop 'helping' me! Identity, recognition and agency in the nexus of work and care

Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-21

  Tomkins, Leah ^a   Eatough, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; critical sensemaking; experience; identity; phenomenology; working carer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891514009     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508412461293     Document Type: Article

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