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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

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Enhancing the sense of self of a mid-career woman through career construction counselling

verfasst von: Jacobus G. Maree, Mia Nortjé

Erschienen in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Ausgabe 2/2023

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This article reports on career construction counselling with a purposefully selected, mid-career, midlife woman. A single-case study research design was implemented. Data were gathered using an integrative qualitative and quantitative approach. After the intervention, the participant exhibited an enhanced sense of self-awareness. Career construction counselling can be used to help a mid-career, midlife woman become more aware of the meaning she assigned to life and her view of herself. Future research with diverse mid-career, midlife women (individually or in group-based settings) is needed to establish the effectiveness and long-term effects of the kind of intervention espoused here.

Vorheriger Artikel Purpose and career development: Implications for career counseling and counselor education

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Titel: Enhancing the sense of self of a mid-career woman through career construction counselling
verfasst von: Jacobus G. Maree
Mia Nortjé
Publikationsdatum: 16.01.2022
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Ausgabe 2/2023
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09520-0

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