Systemic Influences on Career Development: Assisting Clients to Tell Their Career Stories |
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| Authors: | Mary L McMahon Mark B Watson |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Education, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;2. Department of Psychology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. |
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| Abstract: | A challenge for career theory informed by constructivism is how to apply it in practice. This article describes a career counseling intervention based on the constructivist Systems Theory Framework (STF) of career development and the qualitative career assessment instrument derived from it, the My System of Career Influences (MSCI; M. McMahon, W. Patton, & M. Watson, 2005a, 2005b; M. McMahon, M. Watson, & W. Patton, 2005) refection process. The article provides an overview of the STF, describes the MSCI, and illustrates the application of the MSCI in a counseling process with an adolescent. |
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