Preferring the right job or career indecision has long been one of the basic interest areas in psychology. Factors such as the wars and economic crises since the early 1900s, the developments in the world economy after the 1950s, and the increasing life expectancy gave rise to the emergence of new career options. These developments led to major changes in career inclinations of individuals, leading to a dynamic, changing, and multidirectional concept for organizations which formerly had static management systems and strict hierarchical structures. In this context, career can be defined as a series of education/training and working processes attended by people to obtain benefits for themselves or for their organizations (Tymon and Stumpf 2003).
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The 3-stage model suggested by Franc Parsons in 1909 is one of the first serious academic studies in career development. According to this model, Parsons suggests that there are three stages for individuals in...
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Çakici, A.C., Güler, O. (2014). Career, tourism. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_23-1
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