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This chapter examines different aspects and types of life events and the ways that they can impact career development. Examples of these events include marriage, divorce, coming out as an LGBT person, financial issues, and recovering from addiction or alcoholism. The purpose of the chapter is to explicate different ways that life events can manifest, and different ways that they can impact one’s career development, in order to give “voice” to what might be sources of shame or stigma. The purpose of the chapter is to bring these issues to the forefront, so that HRD practitioners can develop acuity around “undiscussables” and as a result, become aware, sensitive, and equipped to design programs that are attuned to these issues.
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Gedro, J. (2017). Life Events that Impact Identity. In: Identity, Meaning, and Subjectivity in Career Development. Palgrave Explorations in Workplace Stigma. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51589-2_5
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