This work aims at presenting the potentialities of the Professional Life Space drawing (PLS) carrying out research on professional identity (Sveningsson & Alvesson, 2003). The PLS, an adaptation of the individual version of the Family Life Space (FLS) (Gozzoli, Tamanza, 2008), is a graphic-symbolic tool which catches the representation made by a single professional on his/her professional world and his/her professional relevant network. The study presented refers to a group of 15 police officers of an Italian Prison. By applying the tool on a specific group of professional who are experiencing difficult professional conditions (stress, overload of job) this work wants to point out the potentialities of the tool in activating reflexivity and sense-making about professional identities.
D'Angelo, C., Gozzoli, C., Mezzanotte, D., The Professional Life Space (PLS) drawing: a tool for shaping professional identities. A study on prison police officers., Abstract de <<Authors in practice, practical authorship. Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC) Congress.>>, (Milano, 09-11 April 2015 ), EDUCatt, Peschiera Borromeo 2015: 47-47 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/66317]
The Professional Life Space (PLS) drawing: a tool for shaping professional identities. A study on prison police officers.
D'Angelo, Chiara;Gozzoli, Caterina;
2015
Abstract
This work aims at presenting the potentialities of the Professional Life Space drawing (PLS) carrying out research on professional identity (Sveningsson & Alvesson, 2003). The PLS, an adaptation of the individual version of the Family Life Space (FLS) (Gozzoli, Tamanza, 2008), is a graphic-symbolic tool which catches the representation made by a single professional on his/her professional world and his/her professional relevant network. The study presented refers to a group of 15 police officers of an Italian Prison. By applying the tool on a specific group of professional who are experiencing difficult professional conditions (stress, overload of job) this work wants to point out the potentialities of the tool in activating reflexivity and sense-making about professional identities.
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