Reflexivity and Work Orientations: Findings from an Intervention Study with Career Counselors

πίνακας εξωφύλλου: Μ. Τσιβά
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Published: Jun 14, 2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.29768
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training career counsellors intervention narrative theory sustainable career development
Katerina Arguropoulou
Department of Secondary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-7518
Νικόλαος Μουράτογλου
Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Abstract

In recent years, the concepts of reflexivity, personal meaning and purpose are increasingly addressed in the theoretical and methodological approaches of career counseling and career guidance, mainly through the narrative paradigm. At the same time, acknowledging that work serves different purposes in an individual's life by influencing his/her meaning of life, work orientations may constitute a functional framework for exploring and discussing the different aspects of work. Thus, the present study attempts to present the results of an intervention, implemented in the context of training career counselors on narrative and reflective techniques, with the aim of inquiring the relationship between reflexivity and work orientations of the participants. The career counselors involved (N= 77) completed the Life Project Reflexivity Scale and the Work Orientation Questionnaire before and after the intervention. The results show that the intervention improved career counsellors’ reflexivity and in particular their authenticity and clarity of their future life and career goals. In addition, it was found that authenticity positively correlates with the work orientations of "social embeddedness" and "career", while clarity with "job". Therefore, improving reflexivity can support the individual in making his/her work (existing or future) meaningful in a sustainable dimension, by acknowledging personal meaning and purpose, as well as personal and authentic values, isolating the potential pressure imposed by Others’ expectations and acquiescence in terms of values and norms of the wider society.

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