Narrative identity: writing the self in career learning

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-72

  Lengelle, Reinekke ^a   Meijers, Frans ^b  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

career education; career guidance; creativity; identity; narrative approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893802774     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2013.816837     Document Type: Article

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