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The socio-material nature of careers work: an exploration of knowledge co-creation amongst career practitioners

Milosheva, Marina; Hall, Hazel; Robertson, Peter; Cruickshank, Peter; Lyall, Catherine

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Title
The socio-material nature of careers work: an exploration of knowledge co-creation amongst career practitioners
Author(s)
  • Milosheva, Marina
  • Hall, Hazel
  • Robertson, Peter
  • Cruickshank, Peter
  • Lyall, Catherine
Issue Date
2021-03-17
Keyword(s)
  • knowledge co-creation
  • careers
  • technologies
  • socio-material
Date of Ingest
2021-03-19T01:44:24Z
Abstract
While knowledge co-creation is a main source of innovation in organisations, little is known about the co-creation of knowledge in career settings, particularly in the context of career guidance. This study represents a novel contribution in the consideration of knowledge co-creation in career settings through the exploration of daily routines of a previously underexplored group of professionals. Ten semi-structured interviews with career practitioners employed by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) were conducted and analysed through a socio-material methodological approach. The findings indicate that career knowledge co-creation is an assemblage of information and socialisation practices situated in a set of socio-material contexts. Specifically, these practices are performed in both physical and technological spaces, and are predicated on career practitioners’ interpretation of their employing organisation’s practice-structuring concepts. While technologies are conducive to the information and socialisation practices that constitute career knowledge co-creation, they can also serve as barriers to its success.
Publisher
iSchools
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109678
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Copyright 2021 is held by Marina Milosheva, Hazel Hall, Peter Robertson, Peter Cruickshank, and Catherine Lyall. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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