Hope-narratives as a chaos theory of career intervention for failure
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Article Title | Hope-narratives as a chaos theory of career intervention for failure |
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ERA Journal ID | 20813 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | McIlveen, Peter |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Career Development |
Journal Citation | 23 (1), pp. 37-43 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
ISSN | 1038-4162 |
2200-6974 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1038416214523401 |
Abstract | This paper is an explication of the conceptual underpinnings of a new, narrative career counselling method: fluttering-hope. The method presents a new approach to addressing repetition compulsion, a condition characterised by repeated career-destructive behaviour and experiences of failure. Fluttering-hope is formulated on the basis of the Chaos Theory of Career (CTC), a theory that explicitly acknowledges failure as a natural event in careers. A transtheoretical argument links failure, optimism, hope, psychodynamics, and CTC concepts of attractor and shift. Repetition compulsion is posited as a pendulum attractor and fluttering-hope is posited as a source of perturbation that may induce shift. The method takes a gentle approach to repetition compulsion, and regards it as a psychological mechanism to be treated with great care in career counselling. The paper includes recommendations for future research into the CTC, fluttering-hope, and mathematical modelling. |
Keywords | chaos theory of career, repetition compulsion, fluttering-hope, My Career Chapter, narrative career counselling, psychodynamic |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390404. Educational counselling |
520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2552/hope-narratives-as-a-chaos-theory-of-career-intervention-for-failure
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