The emergence of a relational cultural paradigm for vocational psychology

Abstract

An inclusive paradigm that emphasizes the nature and inevitable cultural shaping of meaning-making through relationships is represented as the relational cultural paradigm for vocational psychology presented in this article. This paradigm represents a phenomenological worldview or meta-theory for understanding meaning and mattering in worklife. The concept of worklife represents the nexus of work (unbound by dichotomous distinctions such as labour market and personal work), relationships, and culture (including the cultural construction of gender). Narratives are identified as a tool for understanding the meanings people construct.Résumé. L'émergence d'un paradigme culturel relationnel pour la psychologie vocationnelle. On présente dans cet article comme paradigme culturel relationnel pour la psychologie vocationnelle un paradigme intégré qui souligne la nature et le façonnement culturels inévitables de la construction du sens à travers les relations. Ce paradigme représente une conception du monde ou une méta-théorie phénoméno-logique permettant de comprendre le sens et l'importance que revêt une vie de travail. Le concept de vie de travail recouvre le complexe travail (affranchi de distinctions dichotomiques telles que le marché du travail et le travail personnel), relations et culture (y compris la construction culturelle du genre). On identifie les récits comme un outil pour la compréhension des significations que les personnes construisent.Zusammenfassung. Das Auftauchen eines relationalen kulturellen Paradigmas in der Berufspsychologie. Ein umfassendes Paradigma für die Berufspsychologie, das den Charakter und die unvermeidliche kulturelle Prägung der

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