The Dimensional Structure of Metaphors of Career and Their Relations to Career Agency, Job Search Self-Efficacy, and Negative Career Outlook
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-10-2020
Publication Title
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
First page number:
1
Last page number:
24
Abstract
We measured 16 career-related metaphors’ salience to university students and graduates (N = 577). The JOURNEY metaphor recorded the highest score (62%) with moderate levels for ENCOUNTERS AND RELATIONSHIPS, A STORY, and ROLES. Exploratory structural equation modelling revealed four factors labelled as Constraint (i.e. entrapped, struggling, or living within constraints), Personal Experience (i.e. humanistic, person-centred qualities), Complexity (i.e. complex, integrated parts of an unfolding whole), and Procedure (i.e. established protocols or systems of meaning making). This study demonstrates a framework for conceptualizing relations among career-related variables: career agency, job search self-efficacy, and negative career outlook.
Keywords
Career counseling; Higher education; Metaphor
Disciplines
Higher Education | Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Language
English
Repository Citation
Creed, A.,
McIlveen, P.,
Perera, H.
(2020).
The Dimensional Structure of Metaphors of Career and Their Relations to Career Agency, Job Search Self-Efficacy, and Negative Career Outlook.
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
1-24.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09442-3
