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Making Career Stories, Navigating Work and a Sense of Security, by Mark Scillio

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non fiction

Making Career Stories

electronic resource

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1005824656

by Mark Scillio

Springer eBooks

Navigating Work and a Sense of Security

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.--, Provided by publisher

1. Introduction: Situating the Study -- 2. Conceptualizing Career Security -- 3. Entangled Work Motivations -- 4. How Routines Shape Career Stories -- 5. Organizations as Places of Learning and Self-Development -- 6. Narrative Crises -- 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 -- 11. Possible Selves and Career Stories -- 12. Structure and Coherence in Career Stories -- 13. Conclusion. Career Security and Keeping a Good Story Going