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Article: The case of Pedro: a holistic life planning approach.(leisure theory of career development)
- Article from:
- Journal of Employment Counseling
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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Traditional theories of career development are inadequate due to the complexity of today's work world. As changes occur in society and the world-of-work, employment counselors need new ways of dealing with their clients. This article introduces employment counselors to the "leisure theory of career development" (J. J. Liptak, 2000) as an alternative to traditional trait-and-factor counseling approaches.
Traditional theories of career development rely on a linear, rational matching of people and jobs. The philosophy of these trait-and-factor approaches is that the focus of career development is on helping people to make an occupational choice to meet their basic ...