“I Knew I Wouldn’t be Well Remunerated Before my 30s”: Professional Transition in French Journalism

Abstract This paper explores the role of entrepreneurial orientation in addressing upward mechanisms of Indian immigrant workers in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, an empirical analysis was carried out to investigate how entrepreneurial orientation may affect mechanisms of professional transition. Precisely, we managed direct interviews among Indian workers (through the support of cultural mediators), local actors (like public and private advisors) and Italian entrepreneurs. Our funding suggests the presence of three Indian workers in Italy (simple workers, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs), characterised by different entrepreneurial profile acting as engine or barrier to what we have labelled as “upward transition”. Immigrant entrepreneurs play a relevant role in Italy and in our point of view, it is of paramount importance to allow them to access to rural development policies, knowledge, training and education upgrading.

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Professional transition and identity formation of surgical care practitioners: a phenomenological interpretation of their lived experiences

Journal of Perioperative Practice ◽

10.1177/1750458919875588 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (7-8) ◽

pp. 229-239

Author(s):

Carolina Britton ◽

R Di Napoli

Keyword(s):

Professional Identity ◽

Identity Formation ◽

Medical Model ◽

Surgical Care ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Hero's Journey ◽

Professional Identity Formation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Identity Narratives ◽

Professional Transition

Surgical care practitioners are non-medical members of the surgical team, who provide direct surgical care to patients, delegated by consultant surgeons. The surgical care practitioners’ professional role is within the new non-medical or nursing workstream, practising under the medical model of care in response to staff shortages and the rising expectations that are affecting the National Health Service. This article seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon of the emergent professional identity of surgical care practitioners. Six surgical care practitioners were purposively sampled for in-depth, semi-structured interviews whereupon their concepts of professional transition and professional identity formation from their individual points of view were explored using a phenomenological approach. Transcripts and reflective texts were subject to repeated interpretation in a hermeneutic circle of understanding. Interpretation of the results in context allowed for a discussion informed by self-interpreted constructions and revolved around eight cluster themes that emerged explicating how surgical care practitioners experienced professional transition and professional identity formation. In addition, a notion of ‘journey’ in the development of professional identity (narratives about professional identity formation: the hero’s journey) was embedded in the reflections of the participants and their narratives produced rich accounts of the phenomenon under investigation.

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The role of critical incidents in the dialogical construction of teacher identity. Analysis of a professional transition case

Learning Culture and Social Interaction ◽

10.1016/j.lcsi.2017.10.002 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 4-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carles Monereo

Keyword(s):

Teacher Identity ◽

Critical Incidents ◽

Professional Transition

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Facilitating the professional transition of migrants in Australia: does gender matter?

Australian Journal of Social Issues ◽

10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb00364.x ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 47-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Monica O'Dwyer ◽

Val Colic-Peisker

Keyword(s):

Professional Transition

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Open science and the academic profession

JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government ◽

10.29379/jedem.v13i2.661 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 184-205

Author(s):

Rosanna De Rosa ◽

Biagio Aragona

Keyword(s):

Subjective Experience ◽

Open Science ◽

Academic Profession ◽

Epistemic Communities ◽

Research Directions ◽

New Science ◽

Professional Transition ◽

New Research

Open science is considered a new science paradigm to make research accessible, accountable, and effective. Open science is already changing the academic profession starting from micro-practices to professional relations with epistemic communities and stakeholders, with implications that we are not yet able to predict. The article delves first into literature and official documentation to unfold the discursive regimes which sustain the spread of open science. A specific focus is then devoted to the professional transition, highlighting the role of funding organizations in setting the new science environment and the subjective experience of academics. The article is completed by a case study in the field of Research Data Management where the misalignment among incumbent/changing processes can be more apparent. Finally, a research agenda that focuses on how academic micro-practices are affecting organizations and science structures is proposed. This article aims at beginning to plow the ground for new research directions to emerge.

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