Applying Chaos Theory to Careers: Attraction and attractors

Pryor, Robert; Bright, Jim

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2007.05.002

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“…Career construction theory (Savickas, 2002), Chaos Theory of Careers (Pryor, Bright, 2007), self-directed career management model (Hirschi, 2012), the concept of employability (Fugate, (Hall, 2004) and boundaryless career (Arthur, Rousseau, 1996; Sullivan, Arthur, 2006) models, are probably …”

Section: Understanding Careers: Contemporary Career Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Career Construction theory (Savickas, 2002) and Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC) (Pryor, Bright, 2007;Pryor, 2010) explain career from a different perspective. Career Construction theory (Savickas, 2002) conceptualizes career development as driven by adaptation to a social environment with the goal of person-environment integration, thus, people must have an ability to adapt to their environment, or in other words, be adaptable.…”

Section: Career Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Adaptable individuals become concerned about their vocational future and actively try to prepare for it, explore possible selves and future scenarios, and pursue their goals with confidence (Savickas, Porfeli, 2012). The Chaos Theory of Careers (Pryor, Bright, 2007;Pryor, 2010) also emerged as a response to the nowadays' challenges. What makes this theory unique is its relatively deep approach to the choices individuals make in the chaotic and unpredictable world.…”

Section: Career Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The CTC (Pryor, 2010) considers individuals, their actions and thoughts in a perspective of unexpected events, chaos, and uncertainty. Individuals are unable to always control their life context, but they can take chances and employ the uncertainty and changes to their advantage if they are resourceful enough (Pryor, Bright, 2007).…”

Section: Career Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Career self-management resources in contemporary career frameworks: a literature review

Paradnikė¹,

Endriulaitienė²,

Bandzevičienė³

2016

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The aim of the paper is to briefly describe and compare the main individual career resources and competencies proposed in the most acknowledged contemporary career frameworks. The findings of literature review suggest some valuable insights for future research and practice in the field of career management. Keywords: career self-management, career resources, career competencies, career adaptability.Straipsnio tikslas yra glaustai apžvelgti ir palyginti pagrindinius asmeninius karjeros resursus ir kompetencijas, siūlomas plačiausiai žinomose šiuolaikinėse karjeros paradigmose. Literatūros analizės rezultatai pateikia vertingų įžvalgų ateities tyrimams ir praktikai karjeros valdymo srityje. Raktiniai žodžiai: karjeros savivalda, karjeros resursai, karjeros kompetencijos, karjeros adaptyvumas.

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Section: Understanding Careers: Contemporary Career Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Career Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Career Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Career Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Career self-management resources in contemporary career frameworks: a literature review

Paradnikė¹,

Endriulaitienė²,

Bandzevičienė³

2016

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“…Chapter Two highlighted the extent to which other career dialects, including trait-factor, developmental and behavioural approaches, focus on outcomes as opposed to processes (McKay, Bright & Pryor 2005) and generally fail to adequately capture the complexity of career trajectories (Block 2005;and Savickas 1996), to account for the fast-changing modern contexts in which career trajectories occur (Cabral & Salomone 1990;Bright & Pryor 2007;and Strunk 2009), and to address the potential influences of unpredictable factors and chance events (Cabral & Salomone 1990;Pryor & Bright 2003a;and Savickas et al 2009). In conjunction with increasing recognition of the limitations of traditional career theories, Strunk (2009, p.295) notes that phrases associated with chaos theory, such as "instability", "unpredictability" and "complexity" abound in the work and career literature.…”

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Valuing complex and diverse career pathways: the career trajectories and career-related choices of early career practitioners

Turner¹

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Historically, career was understood to be a static, linear concept concerned primarily with paid employment. More recently, broader conceptualisations of career have extended its meaning to incorporate all aspects and roles of an individual's life and to acknowledge its inherently complex, individual, dynamic and contextual nature. Change, now recognised as a key characteristic of career, underpins choice-making processes, which are influenced by a range of factors, including broad contextual issues like labour market trends, in addition to more personal concerns such as family circumstances. This thesis explored the career trajectories of early career professionals (ECPs) employed in the Health Care and Social Assistance (HCSA) industry. Specifically, the aims of the study were to investigate how ECPs describe their career trajectories and account for their careerrelated choices, to identify important attractors and deterrents in relation to career-related choices, and to explore the relevance and usefulness of chaos theory to this topic.In particular, the author sought to understand how the career trajectories of ECPs develop in the context of complex systems including the family, organisations and the broader society. The conceptual approach chosen for its potential to capture this complexity was chaos theory. Three principles of chaos theory were explored. First, chaotic systems change with time and are characterised by randomness and variation. Second, they are sensitive to initial conditions. Finally, their functioning and level of change is affected by several types of attractors.The context of this study was Queensland's non-government mental health sector (NGMHS).Challenges currently facing the broader mental health sector include inadequate responses to consumer needs, difficulties in recruiting and retaining skilled mental health professionals, an ageing workforce, and increasing reliance on non-government organisations (NGOs). Early career professionals employed within Queensland's NGMHS were chosen as the subjects of this study for their documented characteristics, which include high career mobility, variable work readiness, overand under-qualifications, and disparities between their expectations and the realities of employment.Their potential to both exacerbate and to counter challenges faced by Queensland's NGMHS made focusing on these ECPs compelling. Recent calls for Australia to enhance its long-term economic sustainability in the global context by concentrating more on developing the service economy, rather than the commodities sector, provided added impetus for this study.A qualitative, exploratory methodology was adopted. The research design involved a two-phase study consisting of concept maps and individual autobiographical interviews. Participants comprised 25Page 2 of 309 ECPs who had completed university studies in the five years prior to 2012 and who were employed in Queensland's NGMHS. Data were analysed thematically, using both inductive and deductive approaches.Early career ...

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Clinical Anatomy and Unexpected Careers: Is There Curriculum for That?

Bazos

Attardi

Baytor

et al. 2020

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Reduction in faculty positions in higher education and increased graduate matriculation rates represent a higher education conundrum. Planned happenstance theory (PHT) is a career development model focusing on positive outcomes resulting from unpredictable precareer events. This mixed methods study explores how PHT applies to the career paths of a clinical anatomy (CA) postgraduate cohort. It provides insight into educational practices designed to equip students for labor markets inside and outside academia. Alumni of CA (n = 12; 2014-2018) were interviewed about career-related events transpiring from graduate studies to present, allowing exploration on how PHT contextualizes their shared experiences. Planned happenstance career inventory (PHCI) enumerated planned happenstance skill (PHS) scores. Total PHS was referenced 527 times across 12 interviews. Of the PHS references, curiosity established highest incidence (154 references, 29%), optimism (132 references, 25%), flexibility (101 references, 19%), risk-taking (85 references, 16%), and persistence (55 references, 10%) and 43 distinct happenstance events were documented. In addition, social networking (52 references) arose as an emergent code and was divided into internal networking (28 references, 54%) and external networking (24 references, 46%). Application of the five-point PHCI scale revealed: curiosity (4.4 ± 0.3; mean ± SD), flexibility (3.6 ± 0.7), persistence (4.4 ± 0.3), optimism (4.3 ± 0.4), and risk-taking (4.1 ± 0.5). Curiosity had the strongest association with happenstance event incidence. Social networking was a key substituent of PHT not yet described in the literature. Educational practices incorporating PHT concepts, with emphasis on curiosity, may provide graduates novel metacognitive skills needed to develop novel career paths. Anat Sci Educ 14: 460-470.

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Applying Chaos Theory to Careers: Attraction and attractors

Cited by 83 publications

References 27 publications

Career self-management resources in contemporary career frameworks: a literature review

Career self-management resources in contemporary career frameworks: a literature review

Valuing complex and diverse career pathways: the career trajectories and career-related choices of early career practitioners

Clinical Anatomy and Unexpected Careers: Is There Curriculum for That?

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