Constructing careers: actor, agent, and author

2011/12/01 by Mark L. Savickas · 2 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Career Development and Diversity #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Identity, Memory, and Therapy

paper · doi:10.1002/j.2161-1920.2011.tb01109.x

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Abstract

When individuals seek career counseling, they have stories to tell about their working lives. The aim of career construction theory is to be comprehensive in encouraging employment counselors to listen for a client's career story from the perspectives of actor, agent, and author. Taking multiple perspectives on career stories enables counselors to offer clients a fitting intervention, whether it is vocational guidance for action, career education and coaching for agency, or career counseling to construct meaning.

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