Crisis at Work Identity and the End of Career
This book explores how we make sense of ourselves when work is precarious and intrinsically alienating. We know little about how this experience of work impacts the lives of men and women, and less about the way individuals understand themselves in the fa
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Crisis at Work Identity and the End of Career Jesse Potter London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
© Jesse Potter 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-30542-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-67185-4 ISBN 978-1-137-30543-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137305435 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
In loving memory of Irving and Beatrice Zeiger. May others be so fortunate as to have had grandparents like you.
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Contents Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction Changing ‘work’ Working transitions Working-life Writing transitions Outline of the book
1 5 8 11 13 17
2 Work, Self, Identity Self and work Identity The changing economy Notions of ‘career’ Gender and employment Individualization Alternative understandings Conclusion
21 21 26 30 32 35 38 40 42
3 Changing ‘Careers’ Samita and Peter ‘In between’ relationships Ups and downs Additional cases Changing ‘careers’ Conclusion
45 47 53 59 64 68 71
4 Being ‘in between’ Transitional space and the self Articulating the ‘in between’ Epiphany as self-reflection The self as lived experience ‘In between’ work Variations on ‘in between’
73 73 77 81 87 93 98
5 Exiting the Organization Sue Organizational selves
100 101 104 vii
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Self-organization Organizational contexts, individual practices Aria Structuring organizational practic
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