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McLeod, Donald 2011-09-12T09:40:04Z 2011-09-12T09:40:04Z 1988 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5761 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University. Statistical predictive validity has regularly been demonstrated for the complex selection procedure by which young high-potential administrative entrants are recruited to the Civil Service. There is, however, a largely unexplored qualitative aspect to recruitment as well. For most successful candidates, taking up appointment as trainee administrators represents a major life-transition - from full-time education to full-time employment. What is that experience like? How do they go about making sense of their new circumstances? Six trainees took part in the enquiry, which centred on a series of interviews carried out over the course of their first year at work. The focus in this ideographic study is on the individual as learner In a natural setting. Analysis of the accounts produced is set in a social cognition framework, and something of the approach of the ethnographer is also brought to bear. Particular attention is paid to the status of narrative as knowledge. A simple model is outlined for narrative-based reflection as a means to development, with the prospect of the individual acting as his or her own mentor in the process. Submitted by Otue Ekong (lbsrooe@brunel.ac.uk) on 2011-09-12T09:39:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis_vol2.pdf: 9567851 bytes, checksum: f880e053b148f418de1e13aa6e8bc1dc (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Otue Ekong(lbsrooe@brunel.ac.uk) on 2011-09-12T09:40:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis_vol2.pdf: 9567851 bytes, checksum: f880e053b148f418de1e13aa6e8bc1dc (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-09-12T09:40:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis_vol2.pdf: 9567851 bytes, checksum: f880e053b148f418de1e13aa6e8bc1dc (MD5) en http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/5761/3/FulltextThesis_vol1.pdf http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/5761/3/FulltextThesis_vol2.pdf Construction of personal work-theory in the young administrator Thesis