Career Counseling at the Confluence of Complexity Science and New Career

Drodge, Edward N.

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“…Although not everyone exhibited a true 'calling', those who held a clear picture of the future were less concerned with uncertainties experienced in the pursuit of their future goal. Drodge (2002), argued that a sense of meaning and purpose arises when someone is certain about something. Gliders who focused purposefully on the present and drew confidence from their abilities and experience of life's flow behaved as if their situation "called them".…”

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How uncertainty affects career behaviour: A narrative approach

Trevor-Roberts

Parker

Sandberg

2018

Australian Journal of Management

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How uncertainty affects career behaviour: A narrative approach

Trevor-Roberts

Parker

Sandberg

2018

Australian Journal of Management

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“…Amundson (2004) labeled such approaches as "paradoxical thinking." Most of these approaches had their origins in the career counseling field, and I will review three of these approaches in this article: positive uncertainty (Gelatt, 1989), planned happenstance (Krumboltz & Levin, 2004;Mitchell, Levin, & Krumboltz, 1999), and complexity theory (Drodge, 2002).…”

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“…A limitation of these theories is that uncertainty is mentioned only as a characteristic of the complex system; additionally, they stop short of describing how uncertainty affects and is experienced by individuals. Drodge (2002) addressed some of these limitations by offering complexity theory as a metaphor for career. The use of a metaphor allows individuals to understand phenomena, in this case their career, by applying their own meaning to the metaphor.…”

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“…As mentioned earlier, uncertainty arises from the meaning an individual ascribes to a particular event (Marris, 1996). According to Drodge (2002), when individuals are certain about something, they are full of meaning and purpose. Meaning, however, is not a solid state but rather is in a constant state of flux as individuals assimilate experiences, assign meanings to events, and act.…”

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Are you sure? the role of uncertainty in career

Trevor-Roberts

2006

Journal of Employment Couns

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Although uncertainty is a fundamental human experience, professionals in the career field have largely overlooked the role that it plays in people's careers. The changed nature of careers has resulted in people experiencing increased uncertainty in their career that is beyond the uncertainty experienced in their job. The author explores the role of uncertainty in people's experience of their careers and examines the implications for career counseling theory and practice. A review of the career theory and career counseling literature indicates that although contemporary approaches have been offered to respond to the changed nature of career, none of the approaches have identified uncertainty as a core part of individuals' experience of their career. The broader literature on uncertainty is then reviewed at the societal, organizational, and individual levels.

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“…Similarly, Drodge (2002) proposes that careers counsellors utilise chaos theory concepts of uncertainty and change, suggesting that such an approach can be used to foster positivity and creativity. Gibb (1998) Pryor & Bright 2003a, 2003band Pryor, Amundson & Bright 2008).…”

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Valuing complex and diverse career pathways: the career trajectories and career-related choices of early career practitioners

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Historically, career was understood to be a static, linear concept concerned primarily with paid employment. More recently, broader conceptualisations of career have extended its meaning to incorporate all aspects and roles of an individual's life and to acknowledge its inherently complex, individual, dynamic and contextual nature. Change, now recognised as a key characteristic of career, underpins choice-making processes, which are influenced by a range of factors, including broad contextual issues like labour market trends, in addition to more personal concerns such as family circumstances. This thesis explored the career trajectories of early career professionals (ECPs) employed in the Health Care and Social Assistance (HCSA) industry. Specifically, the aims of the study were to investigate how ECPs describe their career trajectories and account for their careerrelated choices, to identify important attractors and deterrents in relation to career-related choices, and to explore the relevance and usefulness of chaos theory to this topic.In particular, the author sought to understand how the career trajectories of ECPs develop in the context of complex systems including the family, organisations and the broader society. The conceptual approach chosen for its potential to capture this complexity was chaos theory. Three principles of chaos theory were explored. First, chaotic systems change with time and are characterised by randomness and variation. Second, they are sensitive to initial conditions. Finally, their functioning and level of change is affected by several types of attractors.The context of this study was Queensland's non-government mental health sector (NGMHS).Challenges currently facing the broader mental health sector include inadequate responses to consumer needs, difficulties in recruiting and retaining skilled mental health professionals, an ageing workforce, and increasing reliance on non-government organisations (NGOs). Early career professionals employed within Queensland's NGMHS were chosen as the subjects of this study for their documented characteristics, which include high career mobility, variable work readiness, overand under-qualifications, and disparities between their expectations and the realities of employment.Their potential to both exacerbate and to counter challenges faced by Queensland's NGMHS made focusing on these ECPs compelling. Recent calls for Australia to enhance its long-term economic sustainability in the global context by concentrating more on developing the service economy, rather than the commodities sector, provided added impetus for this study.A qualitative, exploratory methodology was adopted. The research design involved a two-phase study consisting of concept maps and individual autobiographical interviews. Participants comprised 25Page 2 of 309 ECPs who had completed university studies in the five years prior to 2012 and who were employed in Queensland's NGMHS. Data were analysed thematically, using both inductive and deductive approaches.Early career ...

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Career Counseling at the Confluence of Complexity Science and New Career

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

How uncertainty affects career behaviour: A narrative approach

How uncertainty affects career behaviour: A narrative approach

Are you sure? the role of uncertainty in career

Valuing complex and diverse career pathways: the career trajectories and career-related choices of early career practitioners

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