Narrating Career, Positioning Identity: Career Identity as a Narrative Practice

Autor/in	LaPointe, Kirsi
Titel	Narrating Career, Positioning Identity: Career Identity as a Narrative Practice
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77 (2010) 1, S.1-9 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2010.04.003
Schlagwörter	Career Counseling; Career Change; Career Development; Career Planning; Careers; Personal Narratives + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Career changes; Berufswechsel; Berufsentwicklung; Karriereplanung; Career; Karriere; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	In contrast to traditional definitions of career identity as an individual construct, this article argues for a discursive approach to career identity as a narrative practice. Career identity is conceptualized as a practice of articulating, performing and negotiating identity positions in narrating career experiences. By using the concept of positioning, this approach situates identities within particular historic, cultural and interactional contexts via the discourses and master narratives that position identity. It also leaves space for individual agency and change via the reflexive capacity of the person to modify and negotiate the competing positions available. The methodological implications are considered, and illustrated with an empirical case analysis. The contribution of the proposed approach is in offering contextualized understandings of actual practices, resources and constraints of identity construction while also allowing for in-depth analyses of the particularities of identity work and possibilities for change in careers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10