Inkson, K: Understanding Careers The Metaphors of Working Lives

"It comes as a pleasant breath of realism and common-sense together to pick up Kerr Inkson's book. Understanding Careers plays several roles- helping us to understand metaphors in careers just as Morgan did in organizations, meditating and consolidating a wealth of qualitative organizational and career-related research (chapters have excellent lists of further reading), providing most timely advice on career counseling (good for specialists and an underplayed field), and offering numerous case-studies (of real and plausible people) for students to examine. A thoughtful and topical introduction to its field, bringing together a wide range of related topics and research, clear for students and convincing for people further on )even pragmatic skeptics will get drawn in) and a timely read for all employees."