Type of Paper
Paper: Empirical
Abstract
This phenomenological study explores how older, professional men coped adaptively with involuntary job loss, following the global financial crisis of 2008. Participants demonstrated skillful engagement, Stoic wisdom, narrative openness, and rugged interdependence to learn through the uncertainties that accompanied this unanticipated life transition.
Keywords
Adaptive change; transitional learning; adult development; gerontology
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Hentz, B.
(2016).
Learning Through Uncertainty: A Phenomenological Study of Older, Professional Men Coping with Involuntary Job Loss.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2016/papers/39
Learning Through Uncertainty: A Phenomenological Study of Older, Professional Men Coping with Involuntary Job Loss
This phenomenological study explores how older, professional men coped adaptively with involuntary job loss, following the global financial crisis of 2008. Participants demonstrated skillful engagement, Stoic wisdom, narrative openness, and rugged interdependence to learn through the uncertainties that accompanied this unanticipated life transition.
