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Remembrance of things past : cultural process and practice in the analysis of career stories

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posted on 2009-01-23, 09:53 authored by Laurie Cohen
Stories can be a valuable tool for the career researcher. Questions arise, though, about how best to approach stories analytically such that their insights can be fully realised. In this paper I apply cultural theorist Raymond Williams’ analysis of cultural processes as dominant, residual and emergent (1977) to the narratives generated in a recent study into the careers of research scientists. I examine how these overlapping meaning systems are elucidated in individuals’ career narratives and consider implications for developing understanding.

History

School

  • Business and Economics

Department

  • Business

Citation

COHEN, L., 2006. Remembrance of things past : cultural process and practice in the analysis of career stories. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 69 (2), 189-201

Publisher

© 2006 Elsevier Inc.

Version

  • NA (Not Applicable or Unknown)

Publication date

2006

Notes

This article was published in the journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior [© Elsevier] and the definitive version is available at: www.elsevier.com/locate/jvb

ISSN

0001-8791

Language

  • en