"It Seems at the Moment My Career Is Dependent on Factors outside of My Control": Reflections on Graduates' Experiences of Employment and Career Enactment in an Era of Economic Uncertainty and Austerity

Autor/in	Leach, Tony
Titel	"It Seems at the Moment My Career Is Dependent on Factors outside of My Control": Reflections on Graduates' Experiences of Employment and Career Enactment in an Era of Economic Uncertainty and Austerity
Quelle	In: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 45 (2017) 2, S.188-198 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Leach, Tony)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0306-9885
DOI	10.1080/03069885.2016.1254724
Schlagwörter	Graduate Surveys; Employment Experience; Employment Potential; Career Guidance; Job Security; Public Sector; Labor Market; Psychological Patterns; Phenomenology; Interviews; Electronic Mail; Online Surveys; College Graduates; Followup Studies; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Berufsorientierung; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Öffentlicher Sektor; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper explores contested notions of the purpose of education and careers work. The research for the paper examines public sector employee reactions to notion of a psychological contract breach, when cuts in funding put their jobs and careers at risk. It argues that, in this environment, the search for career fulfilment can be marked by feelings of cruel optimism, wicked problems and broken expectations. The findings are then used to present the case for further research, firstly, to address the notion of possible selves, as individuals explore alternative identity affirming career opportunities; and secondly, the impact of changes in public policy on the processes of psychological contracting between students and staff in further and higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01