New Directions for Theories of Career
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations
- Vol. 39 (9), 837-853
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678603900904
Abstract
This paper re-examines career theories and notes a number of their shortcomings which derive from a lack of rigor in approach and from certain epistemological and methodological considerations. The way forward suggested for this field of study represents a shift in the root hypothesis from organicism and mechanism to contextualism. The ecological, the biographical, and the hermeneutical approaches are proposed as a means of reconceptualizing this area of study.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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