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Occupational limbo, transitional liminality and permanent liminality: New conceptual distinctions:
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bamber, Matthew Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn McCormack, John |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | This article contributes new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings to the conceptualization of occupational liminality. Here, we posit ‘occupational limbo’ as a state distinct from both transitional and permanent liminality; an important analytic distinction in better understanding occupational experiences. In its anthropological sense, liminality refers to a state of being betwixt and between; it is temporary and transitional. Permanent liminality refers to a state of being neither-this-nor-that, or both-this-and-that. We extend this framework in proposing a conceptualization of occupational limbo as always-this-and-never-that, where this is less desirable than that. Based on interviews with 51 teaching-only staff at 20 research-intensive ‘Russell Group’ universities in the United Kingdom, the findings highlight some challenging occupational experiences. Interviewees reported feeling ‘locked-in’ to an uncomfortable state by a set of structural and social barriers often perceived as insurmountab... |
| Starting Page | 1514 |
| Ending Page | 1537 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726717706535 |
| Volume Number | 70 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1826/12127/Occupational_limbo_transitional_liminality_and_permanent_liminality-2017.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726717706535 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
