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‘Moral Positioning’ and occupational socialization in the training of hairdressers, secretaries and caterers

‘Moral Positioning’ and occupational socialization in the training of hairdressers, secretaries and caterers
‘Moral Positioning’ and occupational socialization in the training of hairdressers, secretaries and caterers
This paper examines the occupational socialization of hairdressers, secretaries and caterers. It introduces the term moral positioning to analyse aspects of this socialization. Moral positioning refers to a stance which minimizes the economic/instrumental aspects of an occupation, instead emphasizing moral cues and social skills. We argue that the adoption of such a stance is a distortion of the real situation, where economic and instrumental considerations are of great importance. An active development of an awareness of one's social position is precluded. Instead a specific and narrow range of values and interpretations are called on, related to the task in hand; and that these values are utilized as a guise to organize economic practices by way of a perversion of moral imperatives into bureaucratic forms.
vocational socialisation
0305-7240
49-55
Hilary, Dickinson
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Michael, Erben
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Hilary, Dickinson
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Michael, Erben
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Hilary, Dickinson and Michael, Erben (1984) ‘Moral Positioning’ and occupational socialization in the training of hairdressers, secretaries and caterers. Journal of Moral Education, 13 (1), 49-55. (doi:10.1080/0305724840130108).

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This paper examines the occupational socialization of hairdressers, secretaries and caterers. It introduces the term moral positioning to analyse aspects of this socialization. Moral positioning refers to a stance which minimizes the economic/instrumental aspects of an occupation, instead emphasizing moral cues and social skills. We argue that the adoption of such a stance is a distortion of the real situation, where economic and instrumental considerations are of great importance. An active development of an awareness of one's social position is precluded. Instead a specific and narrow range of values and interpretations are called on, related to the task in hand; and that these values are utilized as a guise to organize economic practices by way of a perversion of moral imperatives into bureaucratic forms.

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Published date: 1984
Keywords: vocational socialisation

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Local EPrints ID: 28696
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28696
ISSN: 0305-7240
PURE UUID: 60ebeb46-9663-4c83-adbc-334965d7ce2f

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Date deposited: 08 May 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:26

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Author: Dickinson Hilary
Author: Erben Michael

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