5 Career Development Links to Career Psychology

DOI: 10.4324/9781003246381-5

Career development has eclectic origins and remains a multidisciplinary field. This results in a variety of terms in the literature that may be used synonymously. We started here with career development; others “include vocational guidance, vocational psychology, career psychology and career/s guidance” (McMahon & Arthur, 2019, p. 5). Recognizing the potential strength in drawing from the research and practice of varied disciplines, researchers have advocated for sharing theories (e.g., Arthur & McMahon, 2019; Cameron, 2009; McDonald & Hite, 2014). While collaboration has not been the norm and “disciplinary silos” (Arthur & McMahon, 2019, p. 244) persist; Spurk ( ...

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