Career guidance and the changing world of work: Contesting responsibilising notions of the future
- Submitting institution
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University of Derby
- Unit of assessment
- 23 - Education
- Output identifier
- 781109-3
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-981-13-6225-5
- Book title
- Education and technological unemployment
- Publisher
- Springer
- ISBN
- 9789811362255
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9789811362248
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Abstract
This chapter argues that the career guidance field is strongly influenced by a “changing world of work” narrative drawn from a wide body of grey literature produced by think tanks, supra-national bodies and other policy influencers. This body of literature is political in nature and describes the future of work narrowly and within the frame of neoliberalism. The ‘changing world of work’ narrative is explored through a thematic analysis of grey literature and promotional materials for career guidance conferences. The chapter concludes by arguing that career guidance needs to adopt a more critical stance on the ‘changing world of work’ and to offer more emancipatory alternatives.
Research questions
• How is the discourse of the changing world of work represented in grey literature (policy documents and policy-related research reports)?
• How is this discourse addressed in the educational field of career guidance?
Methodology
This research presents a thematic analysis of 30 policy reports and policy-related research reports and 30 sets of promotional materials for career guidance conferences. Materials analysed in the study were identified through a structured process on key word searching. Materials were then coded thematically and the results critically analysed by drawing on historical and sociological accounts of the role of technology in changing working practices. Finally the implications for the field of career guidance were considered.
Dissemination
This work has been extensively disseminated in at academic conferences, conferences and events for careers practitioners and other educators – e.g.
• Presentation at the National Institute of Career Education and Counselling, 2018, Derby, England https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/using-career-guidance-to-address-the-changing-world-of-work-and-technological-panic-icegs20/
• Presentation at the International Association of Education and Vocational Guidance, 2018, Malmo, Sweden, https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/using-career-guidance-to-address-the-changing-world-of-work-and-technological-panic-iaevg2018summer/
• Presentation at the Career Development Institute Scottish Student Conference, 2018, Edinburgh, Scotland https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/career-development-institute-scottish-student-conference/
• Presentation at the Career Development Institute conference 2019 in Newcastle, England https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2019/12/02/change-and-continuity-the-forces-shaping-the-future-of-work-cdiconf19/
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- Non-English
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