Discursive navigation of employable identities in the narratives of former refugees /

"Incorporating both interview and workplace data, this book examines the discursive and social challenges that former refugees encounter as they navigate successes and failures in the New Zealand labour market. Over five chapters of microlevel discourse analysis - drawing on Bamberg & Georg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenbank, Emily (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]
Series:Studies in narrative ; v. 27.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2494127
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and aims
  • Theoretical and conceptual framework
  • Methodology
  • Participants
  • Identity in narrative
  • Navigating structure and agency
  • Social and cultural capital
  • A longitudinal exploration of employable identity negotiation
  • Negotiating an employable identity in the workplace
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion.