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What does 'career' mean to people in their 60th year?
— reflections, projections and interpretations by people born in the late 1940s | | Author(s) | Margaret Christopoulos, Valerie Bromage |
| Corporate Author | International Centre for Guidance Studies - iCeGS, University of Derby; TAEN - The Age and Employment Network |
| Publisher | TAEN - The Age and Employment Network, London, 2009 |
| Pages | 91 pp |
| Source | Download from website: http://taen.org.uk/resources/view/103 |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Occupations ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | This is a qualitative study based on interviews with 22 people born in 1948 and 1949. The interviewees had had employment experiences in 37 occupations; and some were employed full-time, some part-time, and others were retired at the time of interview. The aim of the research was to explore what "career" means to those approaching 60, but also to identify distinctive factors of the careers of this age group, if any. Participants considered their own careers, the careers of people older and younger than themselves, and career issues of members of the opposite gender. They discussed their individual career theories about how people make career choices and they also talked through the best and worst parts of their careers. This report describes the research aims, methodology and interviewees. As well as points already noted, the findings also cover perceptions of change and career (e.g. introduction of new technology); health and personal issues; and plans for the next few years (only two interviewees intended to continue working full time for the next few years). Employing organisations, policy makers and interested people of all ages need to consider these findings, and larger scale studies would establish their validity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091202202 E |
| Classmark | GC: XM: 3DP |
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