The Social Construction of Careers: Career Development and Career Counseling Viewed from a Sociometric Perspective
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Career development is too often examined without critical attention to the key roles that significant others play in influencing career decisions. A sociometric view of career development is offered here. This view is validated empirically using a sociomatrix specially designed to explore the social construction of occupational preference. Clinical use of a. similar sociomatrix to explore a client's occupational social atom is then described. Psychodramatic career counseling is offered as an action technique that further enhances understanding of the social construction of careers. The social construction of other types of decisions can be examined using similar techniques
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