The role of narrative in career construction theory

Corso, Jennifer Del; Rehfuss, Mark C.

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2011.04.003

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“…Savickas (2013) states that the aim of life design counselling is to help clients author biographical bridges that articulate their personal realities and authorise identities that will help them make transitions in their future career-lives. The emphasis has thus shifted from observing clients objectively to engaging them subjectively (Del Corso & Rehfuss, 2011). Savickas (2013) highlights theoretical approaches and techniques developed over the past two decades or so that can facilitate qualitative assessment, including career construction counselling (Savickas, 2011), narrative career counselling (Cochran, 1997), constructivist career counselling (Peavy, 1997), goal-directed career construction counselling (Young & Valach, 2004), career construction counselling from a systems perspective (McMahon, Patton, & Watson, 2005), self-construction and the discovery of occupational activities and personal plans (Guichard, 2008a), creating metaphors to enable active engagement with the world of careers (Amundson, 2010), storied career counselling (Brott, 2001;Maree, 2011), and (constructivist) career counselling based on the chaos theory (Pryor & Bright, 2011).…”

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Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Maree

2015

South African Journal of Psychology

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No country, including South Africa, has been left untouched by the global economic meltdown in 2008 and fears that another financial meltdown could be imminent. This article reports on the emergence of career construction and life design in response to changes in the world of work. It explains the essence of career construction and life design and discusses their value in 21st century (South) Africa. It also discusses the re-emergence of adaptability as a pivotal 'survival skill' in the 21st century and its importance in career counselling contexts. The second part of the article covers the analysis of six case studies on career construction and design counselling. Qualitative data analysis was used to identify common themes and subthemes in the case studies. It emerged that life design counselling enabled the participants to understand themselves better and construct new selves, broadened their perspectives on career-life issues, facilitated change in their lives, encouraged action, and imbued new hope in them. However, more research is needed on such counselling, especially in group contexts. Keywords Adaptability, career construction, life design in South Africa, meta' approach to data analysis, thematic data analysis Numerous changes have occurred in the workplace and are fast changing the theory and practice of career counselling worldwide. The changes precipitated by the fourth economic wave and the fifth information wave (Gurri, 2013) in particular have left 21st century youth with no choice but to become more adaptable and employable (instead of merely finding employment) and thereby prepare themselves for the inevitable restructuring and transformation of the workplace (Maree, 2013).Twenty-first century workers' perceptions of work-related issues such as the goals, values, and the meaning they attach to work have changed dramatically as they have attempted to respond to

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Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Maree

2015

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…In particular, Lee, Kossek, Hall and Litrico (2011), in a recent study, make it clear that a narrative approach is advantageous for understanding the intertwined nature of different life spheres; it therefore helps us to increase our understanding of careers as embedded in family, personal, and community life over time. A narrative approach to careers embraces the context in which individual needs, interests, abilities, and values arise (Del Corso & Rehfuss, 2011). When the managers narrate their subjective perceptions of themselves and the world, they do so using their own language and meaning system (Bujold, 2004).…”

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How do male managers narrate their female spouse ' s role in their career?

Heikkinen

2014

Gender in Management: An International Journal

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Purpose – The aim of this study is to investigate how male managers make meaning the role of their female spouses along with their careers. Design/methodology/approach – The topic was investigated within a Finnish context by analyzing the narratives of 29 male managers. Common to the men were their managerial position and extensive work experience. All the men had or had had one or more spouses during their careers, and all of them were fathers. Findings – A typology distinguishing four types of female spouses was constructed: supporting, balance-seeking, care-providing, and success-expecting types. These types describe the various roles that are constructed in relation to the female partner during a male manager ' s career, pointing out the ambiguous nature of the phenomenon. Originality/value – The study highlights that to understand more about male managers ' experience in their careers, the author needs to acknowledge how a male manager ' s career unfolds in tandem with their family life, as well as the norms and gender roles related to the family. Research approaches that enable examination from that perspective should be developed.

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“…Bron (2000) has embarked on this task, but she has had no followers yet. In the field of career counselling, there is an emerging body of research that uses different concepts of narrative and narrative analysis (Cohen & Mallon, 2001;Del Corso & Rehfuss, 2011;LaPointe, 2010LaPointe, , 2013Reid & West, 2011;Savickas, et al, 2009) but they use the concept of biographical learning only occasionally. Besides issues related to disruptions and changes in people's professional career, it would be fruitful to address questions about transitions into and within the criminal career, including people's efforts to leave a criminal career and make the transition in to a non-criminal life-style.…”

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Biographical learning: two decades of research and discussion

Hallqvist

2013

Educational Review

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Biographical learning: Two decades of research and discussion AbstractThe article discusses the concept of biographical learning and reviews previous research on the subject. Several tensions between different versions of the concept are recognized, and a wide range of research areas in which the concept has been used are identified and presented.The general idea in the biographical learning tradition regarding the occurrence of general conceptions of one's biography, as well as the idea of narrative coherence, is discussed critically. New areas of research are suggested.3

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The role of narrative in career construction theory

Cited by 129 publications

References 14 publications

Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

How do male managers narrate their female spouse ' s role in their career?

Biographical learning: two decades of research and discussion

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