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Direct linkBurns, Edgar – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2008
This paper offers a preliminary exploration of Connell's idea of southern theory and its potential application to career development. Four assumptions of metropolitan (northern) social theory are described: (a) the claim of universality, (b) reading from the centre, (c) gestures of exclusion, and (d) grand erasure. These assumptions are…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Career Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Burns, Edgar – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2009
This article reviews the theoretical notion of midcareer as it is described in career development literature. Three patterns of use of the term "midcareer" are identified, and these differ in the time that authors either nominate or assume constitutes midcareer. These timeframes are: (1) a period some time "after" career commencement; (2) a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Social Theories, Time Perspective, Time Blocks
