Making Career Stories: Navigating Work and a Sense of Security

Author:   Mark Scillio
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN:  

9783319855875


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   01 August 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Making Career Stories: Navigating Work and a Sense of Security


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This book is about how people construct career stories: the stories we use to make sense of our work life. Mark Scillio explores the idea of security in the current turbulent employment climate, investigating employment experiences in developed, wealthy countries like Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom—where careers have become fragmented, complex, and uncertain. Using Anthony Giddens’ notion of ontological security, Scillio develops a concept of career security that goes beyond economic and financial concerns and encompasses the personal and social meaning of work. The ramifications of succeeding (or failing) to forge a good career narrative are explored through a series of detailed case studies.

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Author:   Mark Scillio
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   3.251kg
ISBN:  

9783319855875


ISBN 10:   3319855875
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   01 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Situating the Study 2. Conceptualizing Career Security Part I. Being in Organizations 3. Entangled Work Motivations4. How Routines Shape Career Stories 5. Organizations as Places of Learning and Self-Development 6. Narrative Crises  Part II. Going it Alone  7. Developing an Entrepreneurial Story 8. Creating your own Structures: Implications for the Self 9. Personalizing Social Problems 10. The Audience as a Social Context and Form of Grounding Part III. In-Between Places 11. Possible Selves and Career Stories 12. Structure and Coherence in Career Stories 13. Conclusion: Career Security and Keeping a Good Story Going

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Mark Scillio has worked as a university lecturer, adult educator, policy advisor, and social researcher. He currently teaches sociology at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne.

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