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This book examines continuity and change of identity formation processes at work under conditions of modern working processes and labor market flexibility. By bringing together perspectives from sociology, psychology, organizational management, and vocational education and training, it connects the debates of skills formation, human resources development, and careers with individual’s work commitment and professional orientations.
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IDENTITIES AT WORK UNESCO-UNEVOC Book Series Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Volume 5 Series Editors-in-Chief: Dr. Rupert Maclean, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, Germany Professor David N. Wilson, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Associate Editors: Professor Felix Rauner, University of Bremen, Germany Professor Karen Evans, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Editorial Advisory Board: Professor Munther Al-Masri, National Centre for Human Resource Development, Al Jubeiha, Jordan Dr. David Atchoarena, Institut international de planification de l’edication (IIEP), Paris, France Dr. András Benedek, Hungarian Ministry of Employment and Labour, Budapest, Hungary Dr. Paul Benteler, Stahlwerke, Bremen, Germany Mr. John Budu-Smith, formerly of Ministry of Education, Accra, Ghana Professor Michel Carton, NORRAG c/o Institut Universitaire d’Etudes du Développement (IUED), Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Chris Chinien, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Dr. Claudio De Moura Castro, Faculdade Pitagoras, Horizonte/MG, Brazil Dr. Lavinia Gasperini, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy Dr. Peter Grootings, European Training Foundation (ETF), Torino, Italy Professor Norton Grubb, University of California, Berkeley, USA Dr. Dennis Herschbach, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Dr. Oriol Homs, Fundació Centre d’Iniciatives i Recerques Europees a la Mediterrània, Barcelona, Spain Professor Phillip Hughes, ANU Centre for UNESCO, Canberra, ACT, Australia Professor Moo-sub Kang, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), Seoul, Korea Dr. Wanjala B. Kerre, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya Dr. Wilfried Kruse, Sozialforschungstelle, Dortmund, Germany Professor Jon Lauglo, Senior Researcher at NIFU STEP, and NOVA, social research institutes, Oslo, Norway Dr. Alexander Leibovich, Institute for Vocational Education and Training Development, Moscow, Russia Professor Robert Lerman, Urban Institute, Washington D.C., USA Mr Joshua Mallet, Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Vancouver, Canada Dr. Phillip McKenzie, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Camberwell, Victoria, Australia Ms. Naing Yee Mar, GloCorp, The Netherlands Dr. John Middleton, Academy for Educational Development, Washington D.C., USA Dr. Mohan Perera, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France Dr. Theo Raubsaet, Centre for Work, Training and Social Policy, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Mr. Trevor Riordan, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland Professor Chris Selby-Smith, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Professor Barry Sheehan, Melbourne University, Parkville, Australia Dr. Madhu Singh, UNESCO Institute of Education (UIE), Hamburg, Germany Dr. Manfred Tessaring, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), Thessaloniki, Greece Dr. Jandhyala Tilak, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India Dr. Daniel Weinberg, Centro Interamericano de Investigación y Documentatión sobre Formación Profesional (CINTERFOR), Montevideo, Uruguay Professor Adrian Ziderman, Bar-llan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Identities at Work Edited by ALAN BROWN University of Warwick, UK SIMONE KIRPAL University of