The Chaos Theory of Careers: A New Perspective on Working in the Twenty-First CenturyThe Chaos Theory of Careers outlines the application of chaos theory to the field of career development. It draws together and extends the work that the authors have been doing over the last 8 to 10 years. This text represents a new perspective on the nature of career development. It emphasizes the dimensions of careers frequently neglected by contemporary accounts of careers such as the challenges and opportunities of uncertainty, the interconnectedness of current life and the potential for information overload, career wisdom as a response to unplanned change, new approaches to vocational assessment based on emergent thinking, the place of spirituality and the search for meaning and purpose in, with and through work, the integration of being and becoming as dimensions of career development. It will be vital reading for all those working in and studying career development, either at advanced undergraduate or postgraduate level and provides a new and refreshing approach to this fast changing subject. Key themes include: Factors such as complexity, change, and contribution People's aspirations in relation to work and personal fulfilment Contemporary realities of career choice, career development and the working world |
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... possibilities around us that we may currently be unaware of but that may be awaiting us if we would but have the courage to run the gauntlet of uncertainty : that is , to risk vulnerability and failure in the quest for opportunity and ...
... possibilities are dangerous distractions from the achievement of the original goal. In light of the “new realities” of the world of work outlined in Chapter 1, virtually all of these assumptions of traditional theories of career choice ...
... possibilities and opportunities to effect change in our world. Applying. Chaos. Theory. to. Careers. Chaos theory can be understood as the study of the behavior of complex dynamical (or adaptive) systems (Kaufman, 1995). In the ...
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Contents
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Attractors | |
Patterns and Fractals | |
Research Support | |
Strategies for Chaos Theory Career Counseling and Assessment | |
Counseling and Assessment | |
Meaning Purpose and Spirituality | |
Organizational Development | |
Where Are We Going and Where We Have Been | |
Appendices Bibliography | |
Index | |
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The Chaos Theory of Careers: A New Perspective on Working in the Twenty ... Robert Pryor,Jim Bright No preview available - 2011 |
The Chaos Theory of Careers: A New Perspective on Working in the Twenty ... Robert Pryor,Jim Bright No preview available - 2011 |