A Contextual Action Theory of Career

Action and the active life: The contribution of contextual action theory to current career development challenges

“…The purpose of this article is to describe how contextual action theory (CAT) (Young, 2019; Young et al, 2015a; Young & Valach, 2000, 2019) can serve to address the challenges that Guichard (2022) identified and contribute to the new conceptual field he envisioned. Briefly, CAT is an integrated framework for understanding human action as goal-directed, although not necessarily rational.…”