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Vocational behavior and development in times of social change: new perspectives for theory and practice

  • Fred W. Vondracek
  • Joaquim Armando Gomes Ferreira
  • Eduardo João Ribeiro dos Santos
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Abstract

A review of new and emerging conceptions of work and career is complemented by a description of a comprehensive systems framework that avoids many of the dichotomies found in current accounts of career development and intervention. This is followed by a description of Ford and Smith’s (Educational Psychologist 42(3):153–171, 2007) “thriving with social purpose” framework, which is offered as a potentially more inclusive approach to intervention than that based on the meta-theoretical framework of social constructivism.

Keywords

Social purpose Systems Intervention 

Résumé

Comportement et développement vocationnel en période de changement social : nouvelles perspectives pour la théorie et la pratique. Une revue de nouvelles et émergeantes conceptions du travail est complétée par une description d’un cadre conceptuel compréhensif en termes de systèmes qui évite de nombreuses dichotomies que l’on trouve dans les contributions actuelles du développement et de l’intervention de carrière. Ceci est suivi par une description du cadre «prospérité dans un but social» de Ford et Smith (Educational Psychologist 42(3):153–171, 2007), qui est offert comme une approche potentiellement plus inclusive face aux interventions que celle basée sur le cadre méta-théorique du constructivisme social.

Zusammenfasung

Laufbahn Verhalten und Entwicklung in Zeiten des sozialen Wandels: Neue Perspektiven für Theorie und Praxis. Eine Übersicht über neue und aufkommende Konzepte von Arbeit und Laufbahn wird durch eine Beschreibung von einem umfassenden systemischen Rahmenmodell ergänzt, welches viele der Dichotomien in den gegenwärtigen Beschreibungen von Laufbahnentwicklung und Interventionen vermeidet. In der Folge wird das Rahmenmodell „thriving with social purpose [Gedeihen mit sozialer Zielsetzung]“ von Ford und Smith (Educational Psychologist 42(3):153–171, 2007) beschrieben, welches als ein potentiell umfassenderen Ansatz für Interventionen präsentiert wird als das Modell, welches auf dem meta-theoretischen Rahmenmodell des sozialen Konstruktivismus basiert.

Resumen

Conducta Vocacional y Desarrollo en Tiempo de Cambio Social: Nuevas Perspectivas Teóricas y Prácticas. Una revisión las nuevas y emergentes concepciones de trabajo se complementan por una descripción del contexto de los sistemas comprensivos que evita muchas dicotomías que se encuentran en las contribuciones actuales en el desarrollo e intervención de la carrera. Esto se puede ver en una descripción de Ford y Smith (Educational Psychologist 42(3):153–171, 2007) “prosperidad con un propósito social”, donde se ofrece como un acercamiento potencialmente más inclusivo frente a la intervención basada en un marco meta-teórico del constructivismo social.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Fred W. Vondracek
    • 1
  • Joaquim Armando Gomes Ferreira
    • 2
  • Eduardo João Ribeiro dos Santos
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Human Development and Family StudiesThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkUSA
  2. 2.University of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal

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