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How Does a Newcomer Construct Identity? A Socio-Cultural Approach to Workplace Learning
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Blaka, Gunnhild; Filstad, Cathrine – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2007
The aim of this article is to develop the foundations of a socio-cultural approach and to determine how this shapes our perception of a newcomer's construction of identity in two different workplaces: a high-technology delivery ward with newly employed midwives and a real estate agency with newly employed real estate agents. We explore how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Real Estate, Obstetrics