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Direct linkPryor, Robert G. L.; Bright, Jim – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2005
The chaos theory of careers emphasises continual change, the centrality and importance of chance events, the potential of minor events to have disproportionately large impacts on subsequent events, and the capacity for dramatic phase shifts in career behaviour. This approach challenges traditional approaches to career counselling, assumptions…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Decision Making, Influences
Bright, Jim E. H.; Pryor, Robert G. L.; Harpham, Lucy – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005
Two studies are reported that investigate the role of chance events as influences in career decision making. In study one, the results of a large-scale survey of high-school and university students (N=772) investigating influences on their career decision making are presented. Chance events were reported as influencing the career decisions of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Surveys, High School Students
