Hope-narratives as a chaos theory of career intervention for failure

McIlveen, Peter (2014) Hope-narratives as a chaos theory of career intervention for failure. Australian Journal of Career Development, 23 (1). pp. 37-43. ISSN 1038-4162

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Abstract

This paper is an explication of the conceptual underpinnings of a new, narrative career counselling method: fluttering-hope. The method presents a new approach to addressing repetition compulsion, a condition characterised by repeated career-destructive behaviour and experiences of failure. Fluttering-hope is formulated on the basis of the Chaos Theory of Career (CTC), a theory that explicitly acknowledges failure as a natural event in careers. A transtheoretical argument links failure, optimism, hope, psychodynamics, and CTC concepts of attractor and shift. Repetition compulsion is posited as a pendulum attractor and fluttering-hope is posited as a source of perturbation that may induce shift. The method takes a gentle approach to repetition compulsion, and regards it as a psychological mechanism to be treated with great care in career counselling. The paper includes recommendations for future research into the CTC, fluttering-hope, and mathematical modelling.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Australian Collaboratory for Career Employability & Learning for Living. Author's Accepted Version deposited in accordance with policy of publisher (Sage)
Faculty / Department / School:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2014 12:41
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2018 04:46
Uncontrolled Keywords:	chaos theory of career, repetition compulsion, fluttering-hope, My Career Chapter, narrative career counselling, psychodynamic
Fields of Research :	13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130305 Educational Counselling 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Socio-Economic Objective:	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939908 Workforce Transition and Employment
Identification Number or DOI:	10.1177/1038416214523401
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/24966

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