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Career Decision Making Theories: Do They Serve the Intended Purpose in the Modern World?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Wickramasinghe, W. A. D. G.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Availability of people with job skills and their level of skills have an immense contribution to economic growth. Human capital theory, which focuses on economic growth, successfully demonstrates how firms can create competitive advantage through developing individuals’ skills. Researchers have identified a positive correlation between career development programmes, career needs gap and turnover. Parsons’ theory in 1908 was the first attempt to theorise career decision motives of individuals, which later developed as the trait and factor theory, focusing on a talent-matching approach for career selection. According to his theory, an occupational decision happens when there is the closest match between the occupation and individual’s traits. Career theories, which have adopted psychodynamic approaches, refer to the interaction of various conscious and unconscious mental or emotional processes. However, these have limitations in the modern world leading to argument that they are inappropriate, and need of change. People’s expectations have changed rapidly during the past four decades, and career theories need to be expanded vastly to accommodate the broad needs of individuals. This study shows that the present psychological approaches to theorising the career decision process do not fill this requirement, and therefore, it is necessary to review the career decision process. This study is focused to identify a comprehensive model for theorising career decision making. Keywords; Career decisions, Career development, Career decision theories, Psychological motives related to career decision, sociological motives related to career decisions, economic motives to career decisions.
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Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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