Career Development from a Systems Perspective: The Systems Theory Framework

Mary McMahon () and Wendy Patton ()
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Mary McMahon: The University of Queensland
Wendy Patton: Queensland University of Technology

Chapter 49 in Handbook of Systems Sciences, 2021, pp 1405-1424 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract At its inception in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, career development was viewed as an inherently systemic process. Systems mapping based on the Systems Theory Framework has been used at the microlevel to conceptualize the career development of individuals and at the macrolevel to conceptualize career counseling and career assessment, career education in school systems, and career research. This chapter describes developments across these fields, emphasizing the efficacy of systems mapping in understanding and negotiating the complexity of career development. The authors argue that career development practice founded on systems thinking is more likely to meet client needs.

Keywords: Systems theory; Systems Theory Framework (STF); My System of Career Influences (MSCI); Systems mapping; Career counseling; Career assessment; Career education; Career research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0720-5_30

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