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- Bergmo-Prvulovic, Ingela, 1970-
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Career guidance for the individual or for the market? : Implications of EU Policy for career guidance
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper will discuss the understanding of career phenomena in the 21st century by using the result from a critical content analysis of the way European policy documents regarding career guidance describe individuals’ career and career development, as these documents will influence policy development of career guidance practice at both national, regional and local level in European countries. The career field seems to be challenged in several ways. For instance, new approaches to career intervention have been suggested in order to fit the knowledge based, postmodern economy, as current approaches are supposed to be no longer functional because they are rooted in assumptions of stable personal characteristics, predictability and fixed organizations. Theories, models and the core concepts, that serve career guidance practitioners, seem to face a crisis as they are based upon the division of labour conditions of the 20th century, influenced by the consequences of industrialization. The social contract between employers and employees has been characterized by hierarchical dependence, stable organizations and relationships, loyalty, lifelong employment and job security. The transition to the knowledge based society has resulted in the emergence of a new division of labour, where occupational and educational prospects are no longer linear, predictable or stable; employments are no longer secure or lifelong. Instead insecure workers shall become lifelong learners and create their own opportunities. Consequently, the transition to the knowledge based postmodern economy put new challenges on individuals in their career prospects as well as on career guidance practice. In addition, career supportive activities are organized in ways that might differ both within and between countries, as well as their directions for practice might differ according to the aims of career guidance. Besides, it is not to be taken for granted, that the aims of career guidance within each working field are clearly defined or articulated. The aims in turn, are important for the directions of practice and express some kind of ideology behind. However, the understanding of career phenomena is neither common nor clarified among practitioners, clients or policymakers, organizations and institutions. The notion of career lacks a definition in the literature, have multiple meanings and can be understood from different perspectives and disciplines. It is also an everyday word among people, and also used for different purposes. The aim with this paper is to contribute to Trans disciplinary and trans-national debates of understanding career phenomena in the 21st century, among and between working fields concerned with career guidance, by discussing the following questions: What core essence of the phenomenon of individuals’ career and career development can be disclosed in European policy documents regarding career guidance? What perspectives on career and career development appear to be the guiding directions for career guidance practice in European countries in the 21st century? What significance and consequences will these guiding directions have for the role of future career guidance practice?
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- Bergmo-Prvulovic, Ingela, 1970-
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Careers between the past and the future - A social representation theory approach
- 2012
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Ingår i: The 40th Annual Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Associatio, 8-10 March 2012. ; , s. 270-
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper will present an on-going research project concerned with social representations of careers in today´s working life. Organizational structure has been characterized by hierarchical dependence, fixed and stable organizations, influenced by the industrialization and working life conditions of the 20th century. Furthermore, our understanding of career phenomena is based upon theories, models and concepts developed during the past century. Today, companies and working places need to relate their activities to new conditions of a globalized, knowledge based society, characterized by rapid and constant changes. These conditions appears to reinforce a transformation of working life, that consequently challenges the career field when new demands are imposed upon individuals in their careers. Occupational and educational prospects are no longer linear, predictable or stable. Employments are no longer secure or lifelong. Practitioners in different countries and working fields of career guidance, counselling and human resource departments, are all concerned with career related issues among adults. However, the understanding of career phenomena is neither common nor clarified; the notion of career lacks a definition, has multiple meanings and is also an everyday word, used for different purposes. Because of this lack of clarity and conceptual confusion, together with the on-going transformation of working life, there is a need to deepen our understanding of careers related to these new conditions, as they seem to be caught somewhere between the past and the future. With social representation theory, as both theoretical and methodological approach, this study explores social representations of career among workplaces and employees in processes of work related changes. The purpose of this study is to illuminate how social representation theory can contribute to our understanding of career phenomena in today´s working life, with relevance for both Nordic and international contexts.
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- Bergmo-Prvulovic, Ingela
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Subordinating careers to market forces? : A critical analysis of European career guidance policy
- 2012
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Ingår i: European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. - : Linkoping University Electronic Press. - 2000-7426. ; 3:2, s. 155-170
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores language regarding career and career development in European policy documents on career guidance in order to disclose underlying view(s) of these phenomena conveyed in the texts. Qualitative content analysis was used to approach the subject in the texts, followed by a sender-oriented interpretation. Sources for interpretation include several sociological and pedagogical approaches based upon social constructionism. These provide a framework for understanding how different views of career phenomena arise. The characterization of career phenomena in the documents falls into four categories: contextual change, environment-person correspondence, competence mobility, and empowerment. An economic perspective on career dominates, followed by learning and political science perspectives. Policy formulations convey contradictory messages and a form of career 'contract' that appears to subordinate individuals' careers to global capitalism, while attributing sole responsibility for career to individuals.
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