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Fostering emergent career agency: moving forward when young adults’ career development stalls

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article uses different career development theories as lenses to analyse the cases of four young adults who struggle to build sustainable careers and, vice versa, explores the contribution of each theory to understanding career agency as it does or does not manifest within the cases. A key element of this study is incorporating Vygotsky’s theory of double stimulation (DS), initially developed as a research methodology, guiding principle, and model for agency within cultural-historical activity theory, as a lens in career research. The analyses resulted in a comprehensive model integrating theoretical and empirical insights about stalling career agency.

Source: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2025.2538460

Authors: Marijn Neuman, Marco Mazereeuw, Monique Volman

Institutions: University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Municipalidad de Antofagasta