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agency within social structures, (G
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on the first part of the first inte
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a final opportunity to add any othe
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un-related individuals. No previous
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circumstances and professional code
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Tina inferred her end of university
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They [her employers] were so flexib
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“and I got six months full pay wh
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ut she was like: no you don’t hav
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workwomen meansso I got a job at er
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7.2 T2: Tina - from controlled prof
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children. She had subsequently redu
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Well I think we probably have to, I
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women were... had to leave their jo
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I think we need to develop more of
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short term viewsthe nextdo a Master
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over time erm, then ahhh, she’s p
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training to be on the Children’s
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disillusionment growing beyond orga
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image organisations try to portray.
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Perhaps the goal set by liberal fem
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Whittle’s and Mueller’s (2012)
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Tina - values her career. To mainta
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stage, it is argued that the change
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at present - and perhaps Hakim’s
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arguments, they are also reflection
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Chapter 9Comment on analytical tool
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10.5 Recommendations for researcher
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time and part-time 13 . I am perhap
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unquestionable for me and it seems
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ARTHUR M.B., HALL, D.T. and LAWRENC
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BLUNDELL v ST. ANDREWS PRIMARY SCHO
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BRUNER, J., 1997b. Labov and Waletz
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COPE, J. P., 2003. Working Paper: R
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DICK, P., 2010. The transition to m
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GABRIEL,Y., 2008., Organising words
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HALL, D. T., 2004. The protean care
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HYDE, J., 1994. Should psychologist
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KREBS, R.R., 2006. Myths of the all
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MAINERRO, L.A. and SULLIVAN, S., 20
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McRAE, S., 2003. Constraints and ch
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OATES,C.J. and McDONALD, S., 2008.
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REID-THOMAS, H., 1993. The use and
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implications: a comparison of cohor
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TOMLINSON, J., 2006. Part-time occu
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WENGRAF, R., 2007. Qualitative rese
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AppendicesAppendix 1Appendix 2Appen
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Appendix 2: Kick-start panel exampl
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Overarching hypotheses:Sasha questi
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New job in the city, as a trained s
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Appendix 3: Charity Bag Pack (Summe
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Emerging Themes Transcript Descript
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Not just kids but wife/familyand hu
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home then”.So, [laughs as child s
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Appendix 6: Kick- start panel comme