Mind the gap: personal and collective identities at work

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-20

  Felstead, Alan ^a   Fuller, Alison ^b   Jewson, Nick ^a   Unwin, Lorna ^c   Bishop, Dan ^d   Kakavelakis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; learning; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892729137     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2009.11661570     Document Type: Article

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