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Duemmler, Kerstin; Caprani, Isabelle – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Occupations differ in their prestige, but little research has examined how workers manage working in a low-prestige occupation. This case study with retail-clerk apprentices in Switzerland uncovers the identity strategies the apprentices employ to help them normalise the situation they find themselves in: they are learning an occupation that is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Employee Attitudes, Coping