Reality tests: navigating education to work transitions into weak-form occupations

Rebecca Ye (2020) Journal of Education and Work 33(3), pp. 242-253 Abstract. Drawing on pragmatic and occupational sociology, this paper examines how individuals in Sweden embark on occupations that are in nascent stage and for work tasks that are weakly defined. I accompanied a group of aspirants as they moved from a higher vocational education programme into the labour market, following their learning journeys towards emerging occupational roles. The present paper focuses on how they..