ABSTRACT
Much like the children's playground, students' private and family lives were left to tend themselves beside the fringes of training. This is the most apparent impact of professional socialization on the private lives of students. First, there is a conspicuous paucity of research and theory directly bearing on the impact of professional socialization on private and family life. Specifically, there is almost nothing on how the changes which the student undergoes in becoming a professional affect and relate to the multiple identities and relationships he shares with others. A review of professional socialization research reveals a stark and fractured view of individuals. In formal organizations and institutions, creating a role for oneself is always tricky but can be negotiated in a straightforward manner. In conducting participant observation research in individuals' private and family lives, the matter of negotiating a role for oneself cannot be resolved in such a straightforward manner.
