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Why is it important?
Theoretically, the paper contributes the notion that phases of Vocational Anticipatory Socialization are fused not just through cognitive and relational processes, but also through embodied learning. At the practical level, the paper reminds that the body is an important source of vocational socialization information. The paper fills a gap in the organizational literature, which has under addressed the materiality of the body at work.
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It was a privilege to interview two generations in over 20 families of classical musicians. At the end of this study, I learned that work and career development for musicians tend to start in childhood, much earlier than for other occupations. Musicians' childhoods are not workless or merely preparatory, but rather filled with disciplined work and lessons about how to develop one's career and artistic identity. I also learned that classical musicians are one of the most educated, hard working, entrepreneurial, and economically resilient professional group working in a challenging and highly competitive cultural and economic environment.
Dr Elena Gabor
Bradley University
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This page is a summary of: “Tuning” the body of the classical musician, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal, November 2013, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/qrom-05-2012-1068.
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