Validating the Future Career Autobiography as a Measure of Narrative Change

Autor:	Annamaria Di Fabio, Mark C. Rehfuss
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Entrepreneurship Measure (physics) Biography Narrative Future career Psychology Social psychology Career assessment General Psychology Applied Psychology Career choice Career counseling
Zdroj:	Journal of Career Assessment. 20:452-462
ISSN:	1552-4590 1069-0727
DOI:	10.1177/1069072712450005
Popis:	This study examined the validity of the Future Career Autobiography (FCA; Rehfuss, 2009), a qualitative instrument designed to capture change or stability in individuals’ life and occupational narratives across time as a result of narrative career interventions. Italian female entrepreneurs ( N = 82) were randomly assigned into either an experimental group ( n = 40) that received career counseling consistent with the Life Design paradigm or a control group ( n = 42) that received no intervention. The results indicated a significant narrative movement or change in the post-FCAs of the experimental group, moving from general to more specific life and occupational themes, while the control group’s pre- and post-FCAs remained similar across the same time period. In addition, word count analysis revealed expanded narrative expression within the experimental group’s post-FCAs. Together, these findings support the validity of this qualitative instrument.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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