Role Models in Career Development: New Directions for Theory and Research

Autor/in	Gibson, Donald E.
Titel	Role Models in Career Development: New Directions for Theory and Research
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 65 (2004) 1, S.134-156 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/S0001-8791(03)00051-4
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Career Development; Role Models; Individual Development; Success; Mentors; Individual Needs; Occupational Aspiration; Self Concept; Theory Practice Relationship; Social Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Identifikationsfigur; Individuelle Entwicklung; Erfolg; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Selbstkonzept; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Gesellschaftstheorie
Abstract	Career theory proposes the importance of role models as helping to guide individual development. Furthermore, the media often depict role models as essential to career success. However, research on role models as a construct distinct from developmental relationships with mentors and behavioral models has waned. This article makes the case for reinvigorating the role model construct. A revised definition is provided, depicting role models as cognitive constructions based on an individual's needs, wants, and ambitions. Drawing on recent advances in social comparison and self-concept theories, a dimensional approach to role models integrates current theory and research, suggesting that role models should be construed along two cognitive dimensions (positive/negative, global/specific), and two structural dimensions (close/distant, up/across-down). The article concludes by suggesting new research directions prompted by this new view of the role model construct. (Author).
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