Education and family components of identity in the transition from school to work
Education and family components of identity in the transition from school to work
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10.1080/016502598384504
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发表时间:
1998-03-01
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3.7
通讯作者:
Bynner, J
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Bynner, J
Of all the developmental transitions, entry to employment is probably the most central to the formation of adult identity (Blustein, 1997; Grotevant, 1987; Savickas, 1985, 1993). Working within the tradition of Erikson’s and Marcia’s identity development theories (Erikson, 1968; Marcia, 1966), as directed towards employment (Super, 1980; Vondracek, Lerner, & Schulenberg, 1986), Blustein, Devenis, and Kidney (1989), showed that the decision-making process the young person moves through en route to employment parallels the stages of diffusion, foreclosure, commitment, and achievement which characterise identity development. The relation is dynamic in the sense that the developing identity drives the choices between the different kinds of occupation to pursue; and at the same time, the opportunities available in the labour market, as controlled by employers, limit recruitment to certain kinds of job, or in times of recession, to any kind of job at all.The critical component of identity that governs the outcome of the transition to employment is the educational attributes the young person has acquired, especially as re ected in the quali cations achieved. In terms of human capitaltheory (Becker, 1975), skills as embodied in quali cations are the key ingredients of job success and ultimately the success of the economy as a whole. Bourdieu and Passeron (1977) add a different gloss, arguing that it is the cultural capital acquired in middle class homes and in middle class