Citation

Brzozowski JC. Work 2013; 44(1): 85-88.

Affiliation

Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Occupational Therapy, Elborn College, 1201 Western Road, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6G 1H1, Canada. E-mail: jenny.brzozowski@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, IOS Press)

DOI

10.3233/WOR-2012-01566

PMID

23142910

Abstract

Objective: To examine micro and macro influences on transitions from paid work to volunteerism. Participants: Narrative life stories from the people of Chile after a natural disaster. Method: Personal reflection on lived experiences in work transitions and theorectical concepts in occupational transitions. Result: Tensions at the micro and macro levels influence transitions and decisions to make significant transitions in work. Conclusions: Unexpected and unanticipated work transitions open the door to personal reflection and in this case an individual's sense of perceived inaction on the institutional level directed action on the individual level. Thus, confirming suggestion that a dialectical relationship of mutual influence exists between micro and macro level occupational transitions when unanticipated major life and work transitions transpire.

Language: en