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) |
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| 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/School / Institute/Centre: | 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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