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A Context‐Rich Perspective of Career Exploration Across the Life Roles
Author(s) -
Blustein David L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1997.tb00470.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , ambiguity , context (archaeology) , adaptability , engineering ethics , sociology , focus (optics) , career pathways , career development , conceptual framework , psychology , epistemology , pedagogy , management , social science , computer science , engineering , medical education , medicine , paleontology , philosophy , physics , optics , artificial intelligence , economics , biology , programming language
Building on the recent contributions of Donald Super (e.g., 1980), this article presents a broadened lens with which to view theory, research, and practice in career exploration. Super's contributions on career adaptability and the life‐career rainbow (e.g., Super, 1990; Super & Knasel, 1981) were applied to current areas of ambiguity in the career exploration literature, yielding potentially useful ideas about the antecedents and consequences of career exploration. Based on an integrative analysis guided by Super's recent contributions and related conceptual innovations, a context‐rich perspective is proposed to broaden the attentional focus of discourse about career exploration. The article discusses the theoretical implications of the context‐rich view and provides suggestions for counseling practice.