Arbete, utbildning och identitet - unga vuxna kvinnliga akademiker reflekterar över arbetets betydelse för identitetsskapandet
(2010) SOAM01 20101School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of the importance of work and
professional identity to young adult female students’ identity formation. The questions that
follow in this thesis were what young adult women think of the importance of their education
and expectations about their future work, the importance of the salary and finally the
possibility to combine work and family life. To accomplish the goal of this study semistructured
interviews with six young adult women, who are all at the end of their education,
were made. The interviews were analyzed by using the theory of Anthony Giddens about
modernity and reflexivity, with a focus on identity, along with the theory of Ulrich Beck
about individualization.... (More) - The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of the importance of work and
professional identity to young adult female students’ identity formation. The questions that
follow in this thesis were what young adult women think of the importance of their education
and expectations about their future work, the importance of the salary and finally the
possibility to combine work and family life. To accomplish the goal of this study semistructured
interviews with six young adult women, who are all at the end of their education,
were made. The interviews were analyzed by using the theory of Anthony Giddens about
modernity and reflexivity, with a focus on identity, along with the theory of Ulrich Beck
about individualization.
The opinion about work and professional identity’s impact on the personal identity tend to
vary and is highly individual. Clear is, however, that the respondents seem to find a great
importance in the choice of their education and they also seem to have great expectations
about their future work. They have little or no worry about the possibility to combine work
and family life. The respondents find the salary important because it says something about the
individual’s value on the labour market and the salary should correspond to the individual’s
competence, skills and education. (Less)
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- author
- Bernström, Christina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOAM01 20101
- year
- 2010
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- work, identity, young adult women, professional identity, social dentity, personal identity, reflection
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1671806
- date added to LUP
- 2010-09-23 16:41:44
- date last changed
- 2010-09-23 16:41:44
@misc{1671806, abstract = {{The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of the importance of work and professional identity to young adult female students’ identity formation. The questions that follow in this thesis were what young adult women think of the importance of their education and expectations about their future work, the importance of the salary and finally the possibility to combine work and family life. To accomplish the goal of this study semistructured interviews with six young adult women, who are all at the end of their education, were made. The interviews were analyzed by using the theory of Anthony Giddens about modernity and reflexivity, with a focus on identity, along with the theory of Ulrich Beck about individualization. The opinion about work and professional identity’s impact on the personal identity tend to vary and is highly individual. Clear is, however, that the respondents seem to find a great importance in the choice of their education and they also seem to have great expectations about their future work. They have little or no worry about the possibility to combine work and family life. The respondents find the salary important because it says something about the individual’s value on the labour market and the salary should correspond to the individual’s competence, skills and education.}}, author = {{Bernström, Christina}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Arbete, utbildning och identitet - unga vuxna kvinnliga akademiker reflekterar över arbetets betydelse för identitetsskapandet}}, year = {{2010}}, }