In a longitudinal study of bakers’ apprentices, reluctant or ambivalent entrants to the work of baking, discovered an affinity for their work through processes of belonging to a workplace, becoming and being bakers. Through extensive, thorough and at times demanding engagement with bakers’ work and the forging of strong personal relationships with other workers, apprentices developed a ‘passion for the trade’. Therefore, for some of these apprentices, work had become not just a means to earn a living, but a form of vocation. Given that individuals’ live spans consists of a long component of time at work, it is important to understand the role of apprenticeship in forming robust occupational identity. It is especially significant where apprenticeships lead to transformation of workers’ perspectives of work being more than a job, and the development of work as a form of vocation or calling. This article explores the mechanisms supporting the ways in which affiliation to work, engagement in skilled practice and the formation of an attachment to occupational identity, occur. The article illuminates aspects of apprenticeship supporting the transformation of individuals’ perspectives on work from just a job to a calling. In so doing, artisanal work is provided with the recognition it deserves, as a viable and sustainable career choice into the uncertainties and challenges of future work.

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从工作到求职：职业身份和学徒制的作用

在对面包师徒弟的纵向研究中，对烘焙工作不愿或矛盾的参与者发现，他们通过属于工作场所，成为面包师和成为面包师的过程而对他们的工作具有亲和力。通过广泛，透彻，有时要求面包师从事工作以及与其他工人建立牢固的人际关系，学徒培养了“对贸易的热情”。因此，对于其中的一些学徒来说，工作已不仅仅是一种谋生手段，而是一种职业。鉴于个人的寿命跨度是工作时间的一长部分，因此重要的是要了解学徒制在形成稳固的职业认同中的作用。当学徒制导致工人的工作观念转变为不仅仅是工作时，这一点尤其重要，以及将工作发展为一种职业或呼唤形式。本文探讨了支持工作联系，从事技术实践以及形成对职业身份的依恋方式的机制。本文阐述了学徒制的各个方面，这些方面支持将个人的工作观念从仅工作转变为求职的转变。这样一来，手工工作便得到了应有的认可，作为对未来工作的不确定性和挑战的可行且可持续的职业选择。本文阐述了学徒制的各个方面，这些方面支持将个人的工作观念从仅工作转变为求职的转变。这样一来，手工工作便得到了应有的认可，作为对未来工作的不确定性和挑战的可行且可持续的职业选择。本文阐述了学徒制的各个方面，这些方面支持将个人的工作观念从仅工作转变为求职的转变。这样一来，手工工作便得到了应有的认可，作为对未来工作的不确定性和挑战的可行且可持续的职业选择。