Abstract
Psychological models have portrayed career choice narratives in terms of personality dimensions or socio-cognitive reasoning processes. In contrast to these approaches, the research reported on in this study employs a conversation analytic perspective in order to examine the deployment of career choice narratives in terms of intelligibility and accountability. Nursing students on a degree programme were interviewed about their career choice. The responses given are examined for the display of membership categories in terms of personality characteristics commonly associated with nursing as a vocational choice. In addition, the students’ accounts are considered as a means of publicly displaying their volition in terms of a reasoned process involving having made a career choice.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-20 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Academic Journal of International Education Research |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Feb 2020 |
| Event | International Academic Conference on Global Education, Teaching and Learning Vienna, Austria 2019 - Seminarhotel Springer-Schlössl Betriebsges, Vienna, Austria Duration: 29 Nov 2019 → 30 Nov 2019 http://www.allconferences.com/c/international-academic-conference-on-global-education-teaching-and-learning-in-vienna-austria-2019-vienna-2019-november-29 |