Introduction: Constructivism and social constructionism in the career field.

By Richard A. Young, A. Collin. 2004

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Subfields: Education, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Safety Research

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In Education

1. Nicky Dries
2. M. Richardson
3. Roland Pepermans
4. Peter Mcilveen
5. L. Cohen
6. P. Hartung
7. J. Arnold
8. W. Patton

In Human Factors and Ergonomics

1. P. Hartung
2. Roland Pepermans
3. M. Richardson
4. Peter Mcilveen
5. W. Patton
6. Nicky Dries

In Safety Research

1. Peter Mcilveen
2. M. Richardson
3. Nicky Dries
4. L. Cohen
5. P. Hartung
6. Roland Pepermans
7. J. Arnold
8. W. Patton

Citations in the corpus

• Leadership Development as Identity Construction (2010, background): “…are more developmental in orientation (we should note that there is considerable debate over how, and indeed whether, constructivism and constructionism can truly be differentiated (see Gergen, 2001; Gergen & Gergen, 2003; Paris & Epting, 2008; Sayer, 1997; Tsoukas, 2000; Young & Collin, 2004).”
• The meaning of career success (2011, background): “Several career scholars have posited that, since the assumptions of career are becoming increasingly ambiguous, individuals' personal sense-making processes should move to the forefront ( Young and Collin, 2004”
• Counseling for Work and RelationshipΨ (2012, background): “Social constructionism’s relevance for vocational psychology has been explored by Savickas (2005), Young and Collin (2004), and, most recently, McIlveen and Schultheiss (in press).”
• Autoethnography as a Method for Reflexive Research and Practice in Vocational Psychology (2008, neutral): “With respect to ontology, the user of autoethnography would assume “personal reality” to be a psychosocial construction, with varying emphasis upon internality, externality, and personal agency, across the constructivism and social constructionism divide (cf. Young & Collin, 2004 ).”
• Career success: Constructing a multidimensional model (2008, background): “…reality (Adamson et al., 1998; Chen, 1997; Collin & Young, 1992; Mallon & Cohen, 2000; Young, Valach, & Collin, 1996), a dynamic concept rather than a static truth (Savickas, 2005), evolving along with the historical and cultural contexts surrounding it (Stead, 2004; Young & Collin, 2004).”
• Narrative career counselling: Theory and exemplars of practice (2007, background): “Notwithstanding theoretical variations and differences in terminology (e.g., constructivist and social constructionist) (Young & Collin, 2004), it is understood that constructivism emphasises how an individual proactively makes meaningful sense of his or her selfhood, which is ever-evolving, and…”
• Barrier or Benefit? Emotion in Life-Career Design (2011, background): “…and socially constructed nature (Leach & Tiedens, 2004) support a case especially for considering emotion within vocational psychology’s increasing emphases on postmodernism, constructivism, and social constructionism (Collin & Guichard, 2011; Savickas, 2005; Young & Collin, 2004).”
• The Psychology of Careers in Industrial - Organizational Settings: A Critical but Appreciative Analysis (2008, background): “This interest is further evidenced by the increasing numbers of articles using such approaches in careers journals, and journal special issues (e.g. Young & Collin, 2004).”