TY - CHAP
T1 - Life after study and training
T2 - ‘building something’
AU - Walsh, Lucas
AU - Keary, Anne
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter examines the testimonies of women concerning life after study and training and explores the continuities and disruptions to work and family. The experiences of the women were in a large part consistent with wider national trends. Non-linear transitions into lifelong careers were not unusual. Family caring duties and ill-health were some reasons for disruptions to careers. Precarity and fluidity in relation to workforce participation was a feature of employment across the generations but, in particular, featured prominently in the testimonies of the third generation. Life journeys after study and training were diverse across all generations, yet the influence of family on shaping post-school decisions was evident for some women. Happiness in work and life was of importance to all women. Post-family life was experienced in a myriad of ways with retirement for some opening up new opportunities and activities. There are some indications that for the third generation, certain markers of transition such as leaving home, purchasing property and securing full-time stable work were happening later in life. Still, across all the generations post-school pathways are uneven.
AB - This chapter examines the testimonies of women concerning life after study and training and explores the continuities and disruptions to work and family. The experiences of the women were in a large part consistent with wider national trends. Non-linear transitions into lifelong careers were not unusual. Family caring duties and ill-health were some reasons for disruptions to careers. Precarity and fluidity in relation to workforce participation was a feature of employment across the generations but, in particular, featured prominently in the testimonies of the third generation. Life journeys after study and training were diverse across all generations, yet the influence of family on shaping post-school decisions was evident for some women. Happiness in work and life was of importance to all women. Post-family life was experienced in a myriad of ways with retirement for some opening up new opportunities and activities. There are some indications that for the third generation, certain markers of transition such as leaving home, purchasing property and securing full-time stable work were happening later in life. Still, across all the generations post-school pathways are uneven.
KW - unemployment
KW - work and family
KW - caring duties
KW - Catholic education and work
KW - intergenerational transmission
KW - Qualitative Longitudinal Research
KW - Australian Mother-daughter Relationship
KW - Inter-generational Relationships
KW - Generation and Change
KW - Girls' Education in Australia
KW - Women's Life Trajectories in Australia
KW - Australian Female Youth Transitions
KW - Australian Women's Study and Work Transitions
KW - Catholic Schooling in Australia
KW - Multi-methodological Approach to Research
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_7
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_7
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9789811389887
SP - 113
EP - 134
BT - Education, Work and Catholic Life
A2 - Keary, Anne
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore Singapore
ER -