Possible Selves in a Transforming Economy

Upwardly Mobile Working-Class Masculinities, Service Work and Negotiated Aspirations in Australia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2374425
AutoresGarth D Stahl (0000-0002-1800-8495, The University of Queensland, autor correspondente), Sarah Mcdonald (0000-0002-0454-4983, University of South Australia), John Young (0000-0003-4085-9306, University of South Australia)
Ano2021
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas97-115
Data de publicação2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017020922336
OpenAlexW3034851388
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas38

The relationship between working-class masculinities and industrial (and post-industrial) employment has been of sustained interest to sociologists for the last 40 years. This article draws on recent research examining the experiences of upwardly mobile working-class young men navigating casual employment within an urban part of Australia adapting to post-industrialisation. In presenting three longitudinal case studies, the theoretical frameworks of selfhood, possible selves and imagined futures are used to understand how service sector employment contributes to the development of aspirations during the transition beyond compulsory schooling. The focus is on how service employment informed the young men's lives, aspirations and their sense of self. An argument is presented which articulates how, to varying extents, this service work is where the participants both accrue value and become valued

Argument (complex analysis · Casual · Economics · Economy · Futures contract · Political science · Politics · Service (business · Sociology · Tertiary sector of the economy · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Working class · Engineering · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics