Identity, Meaning, and Subjectivity in Career Development
Evolving Perspectives in Human Resources
Authors: Gedro, Julie
Free Preview- Synthesizes current social and theoretical issues from a critical perspective, such as the social construction of identity and career subjectivity
- Combines the latest research on identity with applications for HRD practitioners to incorporate into career development programs
- Describes the role of identity as a crucial yet underexplored area of career development for a wide audience of scholars, graduate students, practitioners
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Julie Gedro is Associate Dean and Professor of Business at SUNY Empire State College. Dr. Gedro’s research and teaching focuses on human resource management and development. She has designed and developed coursework that embraces a variety of teaching and learning modalities including online and blended models and is the co-designer and coordinator of Empire State College’s first undergraduate certificate in Business and Environmental Sustainability (which is available through OPEN SUNY). Dr. Gedro’s work has been recognized at Empire State College with the Jane Altes Prize for Outstanding Community Service and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Her work on identity and career development was recognized with the Academy of Human Resource Management’s Cutting Edge Award. Dr. Gedro is the President-Elect of the Academy for Human Resource Development.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction: Context, Purpose, and Problem
Pages 1-12
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Examining the Construct of Identity and Its Relevance for HRD Theory and Practice or Turning the Lens of Examining Identity Inward upon HR Professionals
Pages 13-37
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Identity is Constructed and Career Success is Subjective
Pages 39-59
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Demographics, Identity, and the Matrixed Nature of Identity
Pages 61-88
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Life Events that Impact Identity
Pages 89-96
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Identity, Meaning, and Subjectivity in Career Development
- Book Subtitle
- Evolving Perspectives in Human Resources
- Authors
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- Julie Gedro
- Series Title
- Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-51589-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-51589-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-51588-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-84692-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 159
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics
