Overview
Provides timely insight into how people manage career insecurity and seek concrete narratives
Deals with issues that cut across a range of disciplines and sub-disciplines
Builds a new framework of "career security" for the modern world
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Career Security – An Introduction
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In-Between Places
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“In this timely, empirically rich study, Scillio provides a sophisticated account of the career stories that we tell ourselves in order to make sense of our lives and our work trajectories. He innovates by developing the concept of career security which enables us to reach beyond the objective factors associated with income and employment conditions to consider also the subjective meanings that are forged as individuals grasp the social and personal meanings of work. This book is highly recommended for students and specialists in the field.” (Simon Stewart, Deputy Director of the Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Making Career Stories
Book Subtitle: Navigating Work and a Sense of Security
Authors: Mark Scillio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55179-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55178-4Published: 11 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85587-5Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55179-1Published: 27 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 238
Topics: Sociology of Work, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Industrial and Organizational Psychology