Identities at Work (eBook)

List of Figures and Tables,- Contributors,- Introduction: A. Brown et all,- Part I: Vocational Identity in Theory and Empirical Research: Decomposing and Recomposing Occupational Identities – A Survey of Theoretical Concepts: FAME-Consortium,- The ‘Good’ Banker is Juggling with Three Balls: The Vocational Identity of Danish Bankers: M. Smistrup,- The Role of Developing a Vocational Identity for Women – the Example of Young Single German Mothers: G.Paul & U. Zybell.- The ‘Double’ Vocational Identity of the Working Population in the Greek Tourist Industry: N. Patiniotis & G. Prodromitis,- Vocational Education and Training – A European Perspective: F. Rauner,- Part II: Work and Personal Identity: Career Changes and Identity Continuities – A Contradiction?: S. Raeder & G. Grote,- Exercising Self Through Working Life: Learning, Work and Identity: S. Billett.- The Much Vaunted ‘Flexible Employee’ – What Does it Take?: S. Kirpal & A. Brown,- Part III: Work and Commitment: The Dynamics between Organisational Commitment and Professional Identity at Work: Y. Baruch & A. Cohen,- Apprentices’ Experiences of Occupational and Organisational Commitment. An Empirical Investigation in the German Automobile Industry: B. Haasler,- The Individualisation of Identification with Work in a European Perspective: S. Kirpal et all,- Work Identity in the Japanese Context: Stereotype and Reality: A. Ishikawa,- Part IV: Modern Work and the Creation of New Professional Identities: The Construction of a New Professional Self: A Critical Reading of the Curricula for Nurses and Computer Engineers in Norway: M. Nerland & K. Jensen,- US Efforts to Create a New Professional Identity for the Bioscience Industry: D. Finegold & R.Matousek,- Index of Subjects