Professional Development Seen as Employment Capital

Autor/in	Mackay, Margaret
Titel	Professional Development Seen as Employment Capital
Quelle	In: Professional Development in Education, 43 (2017) 1, S.140-155 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-5257
DOI	10.1080/19415257.2015.1010015
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Professional Development; Human Capital; Human Resources; Self Efficacy; Resilience (Psychology); Continuing Education; Career Development; Lifelong Learning; Individual Development; Empowerment; Social Capital; Individual Power; Phenomenology; Professional Education; Social Networks; Employment Potential; Hermeneutics; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Humankapital; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Weiterbildung; Berufsentwicklung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Individuelle Entwicklung; Sozialkapital; Eigeninitiative; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Berufsausbildung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Hermeneutik; Großbritannien
Abstract	Practitioners need to invest in professional development to enhance credibility, job security and employment prospects. Employer expectations of continuing development as a performance measure link to the notion of career capital; namely that knowledge competence influences job advancement. This study uses an interpretivist approach to explore whether human resource practitioners see professional development as capital. The findings reveal that individuals appreciate the impact of development in confidence, self-efficacy and resilience. This study illustrates the deeper psychological value of continuous learning, which diverges from the prevalent career literature assumptions of professional development to increase earnings. The implication for educators is to challenge an impoverished view of professional development limited to career advantage. Professional development can sustain individual growth, sustain optimism and empower individuals to fulfil their potential in contributing to society. In articulating a wider appreciation of ongoing development, educators provide a counterbalance to a restrictive managerial view of professional education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01