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Self and Identity in Career Development: Implications for Theory and Practice
Author(s) -
Blustein David L.,
Noumair Debra A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb01889.x
Subject(s) - intrapersonal communication , identity (music) , perspective (graphical) , career development , embeddedness , sociology , epistemology , vignette , identity formation , conceptual framework , social identity theory , psychology , social psychology , self concept , interpersonal communication , social science , computer science , social group , philosophy , physics , artificial intelligence , acoustics
This article expands the conceptual framework of considerations of the self and identity in career development theory and practice. A brief review of the existing self and identity constructs in career development theory is provided. Selected advances in theoretical considerations of the self and identity emerging from fields outside of the purview of career development are presented with a focus on the importance of the relational and cultural contexts. An “embeddedness” perspective is offered that describes the interdependence between intrapersonal experience and social, relational, historical, and cultural contexts. A case vignette is provided to illustrate the implications for practice of that perspective.