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Narrating 'potential': older knowledge workers' anticipatory narratives about their future employment
2020
Ageing & Society
This article examines the narratives of 24 knowledge workers aged 48–58 as they anticipate their future employment and employability. The term knowledge worker is used to indicate occupational roles such as software engineer, academic, architect, manager and lawyer, where work involves non-routine problem-solving using 'intellectual assets'. Four narrative patterns about future employment are presented: winding down, reorienting 'self' away from work, seeking progression and renewal. These
doi:10.1017/s0144686x20000252
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