TY - JOUR
T1 - A capability approach to career development
T2 - An introduction and implications for practice
AU - Robertson, Peter J.
AU - Egdell, Valerie
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - In the UK, the concept of employability is influential in current conceptualizations of career development. It is an example of a discourse underpinned by faith in individual transformation as a response to unstable labour markets, a position that is not unproblematic when structural factors are taken into account. This article introduces an alternative perspective, the capability approach, to encourage debate about its value, and to begin to outline what it means for career counselling and development practice. An overview of the capability approach is provided, and the resonance between the concerns of the capability approach and those of career development practitioners will be highlighted. Key difficulties in applying the approach are identified before implications of the capability approach for practice are considered.
AB - In the UK, the concept of employability is influential in current conceptualizations of career development. It is an example of a discourse underpinned by faith in individual transformation as a response to unstable labour markets, a position that is not unproblematic when structural factors are taken into account. This article introduces an alternative perspective, the capability approach, to encourage debate about its value, and to begin to outline what it means for career counselling and development practice. An overview of the capability approach is provided, and the resonance between the concerns of the capability approach and those of career development practitioners will be highlighted. Key difficulties in applying the approach are identified before implications of the capability approach for practice are considered.
KW - Capability approach
KW - career counselling
KW - career development
KW - employability
KW - social justice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066402654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1038416217704449
DO - 10.1177/1038416217704449
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066402654
VL - 27
SP - 119
EP - 126
JO - Australian Journal of Career Development
JF - Australian Journal of Career Development
IS - 3
ER -