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Richard A. Young

Researcher at University of British Columbia

Publications -  156
Citations -  4885

Richard A. Young is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Career development & Action theory (philosophy). The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 145 publications receiving 4595 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard A. Young include University of Zurich.

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Introduction: Constructivism and social constructionism in the career field.

TL;DR: The impact of constructivism and social constructionism upon vocational psychology has often been through the use of the more generic "constructivism" as mentioned in this paper, which claims that knowledge and meaning are historically and culturally constructed through social processes and action.
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The Future Of Career

TL;DR: In this paper, Collin and Young discuss the future of career in the 21st century and the role of women in this process. But their focus is on the second part of working life, rather than the first part of life.
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Paradigms, Purpose, and the Role of the Literature Formulating a Rationale for Qualitative Investigations

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider how philosophy of science paradigms relate to the foundational rationale for qualitative inquiry and present suggestions for how researchers can formulate a statement of purpose and research questions that are congruent with an identified paradigm.
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New Directions for Theories of Career

TL;DR: The authors re-examines career theories and notes a number of shortcomings which derive from a lack of rigor in approach and from certain epistemological and methodological considerations, and the way forward suggested for this field of study represents a shift in the root hypothesis from organicism and mechanism to contextualism.
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Career development in adolescence as a family project.

TL;DR: This paper conceptualized and investigated career-relevant parent-child conversations and other actions over time as a family project, including joint goals, communication, goals-steps congruence, and individuation.