Identity, Meaning, and Subjectivity in Career Development [electronic resource] : Evolving Perspectives in Human Resources /
Gedro, Julie.author.
This book closely interrogates the construct of identity and the role it plays in career development. It provides guidance for HRD practitioners and researchers who create career development programs through a typology of different categories of identity, such as demographics, life events, and career histories. The book presents a framework for considering and addressing career development from a critically reflective perspective of identity as a result of choice, chance, and adaptation. It offers a comprehensive understanding and awareness of tacit, nuanced, and stigmatized issues that were once shameful but have now become more socially acceptable. As a result, HRD practitioners can design programs and resources that have a richness and relevance that might heretofore be lacking. The book also offers guidance for individuals as they take charge of their own identities and career trajectories in an increasingly complex and unpredictable working environment. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
FOREWARD.-PREFACE  -- 1. INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT, PURPOSE, PROBLEM -- 2. EXAMINING THE CONSTRUCT OF IDENTITY AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR HRD THEORY AND PRACTICE OR TURNING THE LENS OF EXAMINING IDENTITY INWARD UPON HR PROFESSIONALS -- 3. IDENTITY IS CONSTRUCTED AND CAREER SUCCESS IS SUBJECTIVE -- 4. DEMOGRAPHICS, IDENTITY AND THE MATRIXED NATURE OF IDENTITY -- 5. LIFE EVENTS THAT IMPACT IDENTITY -- This book closely interrogates the construct of identity and the role it plays in career development. It provides guidance for HRD practitioners and researchers who create career development programs through a typology of different categories of identity, such as demographics, life events, and career histories. The book presents a framework for considering and addressing career development from a critically reflective perspective of identity as a result of choice, chance, and adaptation. It offers a comprehensive understanding and awareness of tacit, nuanced, and stigmatized issues that were once shameful but have now become more socially acceptable. As a result, HRD practitioners can design programs and resources that have a richness and relevance that might heretofore be lacking. The book also offers guidance for individuals as they take charge of their own identities and career trajectories in an increasingly complex and unpredictable working environment. .
Personnel management.
Leadership.
Self.
Identity (Psychology).
Human Resource Management.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Self and Identity.