Understanding careers : the metaphors of working lives / Kerr Inkson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Careers and metaphors -- Careers as inheritances -- Careers as cycles -- Careers as action -- Careers as fit -- Careers as journeys -- Careers as roles -- Careers as relationships -- Careers as resources -- Careers as stories -- Careers in practice -- Career counselling and metaphor.

"This book is intended as a complete compendium of contemporary theory and research on careers. Intended as an introductory textbook at both undergraduate and post-graduate level, Understanding Careers uniquely incorporates material from a wide range of viewpoints relevant to career studies, including sociology, life-span psychology, social psychology, education, career development, counseling, organizational behavior and human resource management, and covers all the key theories and researchers who have shaped the study and practice of careers. A unique feature of the book is its framework of nine archetypal metaphors for career, as expounded by Professor Inkson in his article, ?Images of career: nine key metaphors?, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 65(1), 96-111. By considering the career successively as an inheritance, a cycle, action, fit, a journey, roles, relationships, a resource and a story, the author is able to view careers as through different lenses, with each view of careers adding to the richness of the concept. By illustrating each chapter with thumbnail career case studies, he builds an excellent bridge between theory and ?real life?.Meet the author! www.business.otago.ac.nz/mgmt/staff/kinkson.html"--Publisher description.

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