ERIC Number: EJ1368548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3534
A Critical Review of Contemporary Concepts of Agency in the Field of Career Guidance: Life-Design Counselling and a Systems Theory Framework
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v50 n4 p533-546 2022
The purpose of career guidance includes the support of citizens' agency. In this article, we develop a framework for analysing the internal structure of agency within career guidance theory. This framework is inspired by relational sociology. The approach is used in an analysis of two contemporary career guidance theories: the systems theory framework (STF) and life-design counselling (LDC). The analyses show that the practical-evaluative dimension of agency in the two theories can be honed. This dimension of agency explores responses to current demands and contingencies. We conclude that the proposed approach was constructive in developing a deeper understanding of the conceptualisation of agency in career guidance theory.
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Counseling, Career Development, Systems Approach, Counseling Techniques, Empowerment, Sociology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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