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Career development theory has had a relatively short history. In reflecting on this, Isaacson and D. Brown (1993) commented that “the behavioral sciences”, of which career development theory is a part, “are still in a developmental stage” (p. 20). This is not surprising since vocational guidance, the precursor to career counselling, did not begin until the early 1900s.
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Patton, W., McMahon, M. (2014). Rationale for a Systems Theory Perspective. In: Career Development and Systems Theory. Career Development Series, vol 2. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-635-6_1
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