ajcd: A Pathfinder

This is a computer-generated pathfinder created against the Distant Reader study called ajcd.

Each Distant Reader study carrel is composed of many individual items. Each item is bibliographically described with author, title, date, summary, and keyword values. Below is a list of the items' most signficant keywords as well as lists of the items themselves. Purpusing the content of this pathfinder provides the student, researcher, or scholar with one way to get their heads around the scope of the carrel. The keywords include:

Education; Development; Participants; School; Work; Self; Africa; Students; Experiences; Support; Reviewer; People; Individuals; Identities; Employees; Model; Decision; Service

Depending on how this pathfinder was created, many of the bibliographic sections will include elaborations on the meaning(s) of the given keywords. These elaborations were generated by feeding the items' summaries to a large langauge model and asking the model to address the question, "What is X?", where "X" is the keyword. The result will be a few sentences of elaboration. Be forewarned. The elaborations are often plausible, but they should not be take as truth. Instead, they should be taken as points for consideration.

• Technical Vocational Education and Training in Uganda: Career guidance and practices by Barigye, Doreen (2024) - Career guidance activities and institutional level of implementation To understand how career guidance is practiced in Uganda’s TVET institutions Technical Vocational Education and Training in Uganda: Career guidance and practices. Keywords: career; career guidance; data; education; guidance; information; institutions; participants; research; students; training; tvet; uganda; work
• Gender diversity and sexual orientation in the South African workplace by Diale, Boitumelo M.; Brown, Anthony; Kagola, Obakeng (2023) - The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (PEPUDA) also warrant mention as legislative frameworks that provide a safeguard against discrimination in South African workplaces (Department of Labour, 2014; Republic of South Africa, 2000). Despite legislative landmarks, day-to-day realities reveal that there is much work to be done to transform South African workplaces into spaces of true diversity and inclusivity. Keywords: africa; career; diversity; education; gender; orientation; south; workplace
• Increasing graduates’ employability skills through rational emotive career coaching by Otu, Mkpoikanke S.; Sefotho, Maximus M. (2024) - Objectives: This study examined whether rational emotive career coaching (RECC) increases graduates’ employability skills. The study also explored the effect of RECC on acquiring employability skills by gender. Keywords: acquisition; beliefs; career; education; employability; employability skills; gender; graduates; group; individuals; job; journal; participants; recc; skills; study; treatment
• Perspectives of South African Adolescent Girls making decisions for their future by Marsay, Gloria (2024) - Social emotional learning skills Social emotional learning skills can be defined as the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions, achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions. FIGURE 1: Illustration of connection between hope and social emotional learning skills. Keywords: africa; career; education; future; girls; hope; intervention; learning; participant; self; skills; south; study
• Understanding the relational well-being of primary school teachers in rural South Africa by Maseko, Sasabona; Chigeza, Shingairai (2024) - In addition, the research aimed to contribute to the literature on the relational well-being of rural primary school teachers, and to inform policies that promote effective communication strategies among teachers, students and the broader community in rural schools. This article is partially based on the author’s thesis entitled ‘Relational well-being experiences of rural primary school teachers in South Africa’, towards the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, in September 2023, with supervisor Dr. Shingairai Chigeza. Keywords: africa; community; education; experiences; female; good; journal; learners; participants; relationships; research; schools; south; study; support; teachers; work
• The need for structured career guidance in a resource-constrained South African school by Farao, Aretha; du Plessis, Marieta (2024) - Abstract Background: Career guidance and counselling in secondary schools are crucial for young adolescents as they embark on the initial stages of shaping their post-school studies and career goals. Initiating career guidance as early as Grade 9 is imperative to ensure alignment between chosen subjects and future career aspirations. Keywords: africa; career; career counselling; career development; career guidance; counselling; data; decisions; development; education; findings; journal; learners; making; participants; research; school; south; study; teachers
• The psychological factors influencing youth moving from unemployment to employment in South Africa by Pereira, Daphne J.; Joosub, Noorjehan; Basson, Pieter (2024) - Exploring factors influencing these successes is important because they may inform interventions that have the potential to increase youth employment. Keywords: youth unemployment; youth employment; kinship support; identity formation; job search; South Africa. Keywords: africa; career; education; employment; job; participants; psychological; research; school; self; south; south africa; study; work
• Socioeconomic well-being of orphans and vulnerable children in orphanages within Cross River State, Nigeria by Okon, Goodness J.; Ushie, Ekwuore M.; Otu, Judith E. (2020) - Objectives: Four objectives were highlighted to include unearthing the level of OVC school enrolment: school attendance, vocational training, educational challenges and possible solutions. Socioeconomic well-being of orphans and vulnerable children in orphanages within Cross River State, Nigeria. Keywords: calabar; children; education; orphans; ovc; performance; respondents; school; study
• Balancing Faith and Duty: Challenges in teaching inclusive sexuality education by Rossouw, Jane (2024) - Abstract Background: Life Orientation educators hold great responsibility for the well-being of their students, which can be supported through imparting sexuality education. This article intends to foreground how Life Orientation educators impart sexuality education to their students, exploring aspects of their personal attitudes and comfort in imparting education related to sexuality and queerness. Keywords: age; education; educators; identities; queer; sexuality; sexuality education; students; teaching
• Queering the role of hostel carers within the sexuality education of visually impaired learners by Ubisi, Lindokuhle M. (2024) - Queering the role of hostel carers within the sexuality education of visually impaired learners. Original Research Queering the role of hostel carers within the sexuality education of visually impaired learners Lindokuhle M. Ubisi Received: 03 May 2024; Accepted: 23 July 2024; Published: 30 Sept. 2024 Keywords: carers; education; health; learners; lvi; role; school; sexuality; support
• Out in the classroom: Self-disclosure as a ‘pedagogical tool’ by Brown, Anthony (2024) - When referring to queer educators or queer identities, I use the term as a reclaimed, positive self-identifier for individuals outside heteronormative and cisnormative categories. So, queer educators who come out to their students may face discrimination, harassment and even job loss (McKenna-Buchanan et al., 2015). Keywords: disclosure; education; educators; experiences; gay; identities; lgbtq+; personal; queer; self; south; students
• Teaching sexuality in a climate of ambiguity: Namibian Life Skills teachers negotiating intersectionality by Awarab, Erwin R.; Brown, Anthony (2024) - Abstract Background: The Namibian High Court’s judgment 2023 in favour of same-sex marriage has created significant volatility in the country, considering the Life Skills curriculum’s call for affirmative teaching of sexual diversity education. They have the willingness to teach sexual diversity education provided support is accorded by school leadership and training is to enable them to carry out their task amicably (Haitembu & Maarman, 2023). Keywords: brown; diversity; education; gender; intersectionality; learners; life; namibia; research; sexuality; skills; teachers; teaching
• From face-to-face to remote teaching during COVID-19: Lecturers at private colleges in Johannesburg by Maharaj, Ashika; Bayane, Percyval (2025) - It is against this background that this study examines the experiences of private higher education college lecturers with remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Johannesburg, South Africa. While existing literature conducted on university lecturers highlights the dynamics and challenges they faced with remote teaching, there is limited research examining the experiences and perceptions of private higher education college lecturers regarding the studied phenomenon. Keywords: challenges; classes; colleges; covid-19; education; face; learning; lecturers; online; pandemic; research; south; students; teaching
• Postmodern market scenarios and career patterns: Challenges for education by Piorunek, Magdalena; Kozielska, Joanna; Drabik-Podgórna, Violetta; Podgórny, Marek (2020) - The individual vis-à-vis changes: Identity dilemmas and biographical scenarios Observably, to incorporate work careers into linear life narratives is becoming more and more challenging. Results: The findings yielded by this study include a set of developmental shifts in education which we outline in the article, showing the passage from traditional education based on the teacher–student knowledge transfer to personalised, community-oriented education; from directive education to life design education; from institutional education to education at workplace and in the community; and from education for competition to education for collaboration, sustainable development and decent work. Keywords: career; development; economic; education; future; labour; life; market; new; people; scenarios; work; world
• Majors and career path dynamics: Bachelor of Commerce students at the National University of Lesotho by Thetsane, Regina M.; Mokhethi, Motselisi C.; Malunga, Mpheteli J.; Sesinyi, Lenyora N. (2025) - A hybrid multi-criteria approach using a genetic algorithm for recommending courses to university students. Beyond individual support, Stock and Stock (2019) notice that universities facilitate advisory sessions led by course recruiters, representing mesosystemic factors, which reflect institutional structures shaping student choices within a broader systemic context. Keywords: career; decision; development; education; factors; journal; lesotho; major; research; selection; students; study; table; university
• Reimagining career empowerment in South African TVET: A Freirean critique of policy and pedagogy by Majola, Ezekiel (2025) - These voices point to the contextual realities that TVET policy often ignores. Through dialogical engagement in LCGs, many moved from expressing despair to envisioning collective strategies for change: ‘We as TVET students need to look out for one another … it’s good to have someone in your corner whom you can go through things with together.’ Keywords: africa; allais; education; freire; october; pedagogy; policy; south; students; training; tvet
• Higher education, job or entrepreneurship? Rural high school learners’ perceptions of post-matric options in Mpumalanga, South Africa by Bayane, Percyval; Smith, Bright; Pitsoane, Enid Manyaku; Nyamakazi, Kgomotso (2025) - Keywords: high school learners; post-matric options; higher education; employment; entrepreneurship; career guidance. Mentorship programmes pairing high school learners with university students have shown promise in demystifying career pathways, admissions and funding (Brodowicz, 2024). Keywords: access; africa; career; education; employment; entrepreneurship; learners; matric; post; school; school learners; south; study; support
• A case study of South Africa: Strengthening pathways from education to the world of work by Beukes, Christopher J.; du Toit, Rènette; Garach, Gino; Lloyd, Shirley; Magasela, Wiseman; Moeng, Cynthia; Schott, Andreas H.; Stead, Dennis J.; West, Paul G. (2025) - DHET soon realised that developing a career management skills framework is going to be an ongoing process and decided to call the process ‘Towards a Career Management Skills Framework for South Africa’, in recognition that career development is a dynamic field, and the framework itself will evolve over time as the DHET enters the implementation phase (DHET, 2025d). Abstract Introduction The South African context Strengthening pathways: Insights from the research projects and policy dialogues Coordination and collaboration within the ecosystem Conclusion: The way forward – from strategies and frameworks to implementation and value Acknowledgements References About the Author(s) Christopher J. Beukes Career Development Services, Department of Higher Education and Training, Pretoria, South Africa Rènette du Toit Career Development Services, Department of Higher Education and Training, Pretoria, South Africa EE Research Focus, Pretoria, South Africa Gino Garach Education for Employability Programme (E4E), International Development Cooperation (IDC), Department of National Treasury, Pretoria, South Africa Shirley Lloyd E4E Keywords: africa; career; department; development; dhet; education; employment; framework; labour; skills; south; training; work
• Transitioning through management change: The experiences of community learning centre educators by Venketsamy, Roy; Chauke, Lucas; Bipath, Keshni (2021) - In this study, management change is synonymous with change management. Transitioning through management change: The experiences of community learning centre educators. Keywords: august; change; dbe; department; dhet; education; educators; employees; job; management; management change; organisation; participants; pretoria; study; transitioning
• Higher education and career development experiences of emerging adults: A focus on university students and graduates in Haiti by Vital, Louise M. (2021) - The NGO was founded in 1997 and its aim is to provide scholarships to talented young Haitians who do not have the financial means to access higher education studies. A stable career program: ‘Every school and college should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by pupils … and employers’. Keywords: alumni; career; career counselling; career development; career guidance; counselling; country; data; development; education; experiences; guidance; haiti; haitian; higheredorg; participants; research; students; study; university; university students; work
• Piloting career development: Whole school interventions by Rawatlal, Kamilla (2021) - Tertiary students’ perspectives on secondary school career education: A consumer perspective. Abstract Background: The article reports on a project that was undertaken as a pilot study for a whole-school approach (WSA) to career education intervention that was integrated into the Grade 10, Life Orientation (LO) curriculum at a public, secondary school in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Keywords: career; development; education; evaluation; future; intervention; learners; membership; orientation; research; school; sense; south; study
• The impact of inequality and COVID-19 on education and career planning for South African children of rural and low-socioeconomic backgrounds by Pillay, Indira (2021) - In South African schools, students at the Grade 9 level have to choose subjects that will facilitate their career choices. Many rural schools are dilapidated with broken desks and windows, inadequate sanitation, and many are unsafe environments for learning. Keywords: african; apartheid; career; children; communities; country; covid-19; development; education; girls; government; schools; south; south africa
• The importance of social emotional learning skills in assisting youth to successfully transition into the professional world by Marsay, Gloria; Atitsogbe, Kokou A.; Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye; Nsubuga, Henry; Pari, Paboussoum; Kossi, Enyonam Y.; Park, Chong M.; Solberg, V. Scott H. (2021) - For the second research question regarding student SEL skills, open-ended questions were developed using five SEL categories offered by CASEL. Meta-analysis of SEL interventions has verified the positive impact of developing SEL skills on a range of academic outcomes (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011). Keywords: african; awareness; decision; education; educators; learning; making; research; responses; school; sel; sel skills; self; skills; south; students
• Factors that influence transition from high school to higher education: A case of the JuniorTukkie programme by Lombard, Petrus (2020) - Although the annual Grade 12 pass rate has since increased to exceed 82% in 2016, a corresponding increase in the retention rate (and thus a decrease in the dropout rate) of higher education students has yet to manifest itself. Preparing high school students for successful transitions to postsecondary education and employment. Keywords: education; factors; influence; initiative; learners; participants; research; school; skills; social; south; students; study; success; transition; university; year
• Race and gender in the evolution of career decision-making: A psycho-anthropological review by Pillay, Indira (2022) - It is, therefore, necessary for us to look at the issue of work and career development in a way that addresses the deepening poverty crisis in South Africa. Specifically, it may be helpful to consider how the evolution of career development led to the deep-seated inequality that we see today, with race and gender being key considerations. Keywords: africa; career; career development; development; education; gender; girls; people; poverty; race; research; south; women; work; world
• Efficacy of career guidance and counselling among secondary schools in Uganda by Otwine, Anne T.; Matagi, Leonsio; Kiweewa, John M.; Ainamaani, Herbert E. (2022) - Efficacy of career guidance and counselling among secondary schools in Uganda. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v4i1.55 Original Research Efficacy of career guidance and counselling among secondary schools in Uganda Anne T. Otwine, Leonsio Matagi, John M. Kiweewa, Herbert E. Ainamaani Received: 25 Feb. 2022; Keywords: career; career guidance; counselling; education; guidance; implementation; information; schools; services; students; study; teachers; uganda
• Priorities in 21st century career counselling: Implications for counselling psychology training by Rawatlal, Kamilla V. (2022) - Integrating a public health agenda in career counselling training thus has implications for transformation and social responsiveness in low-middle income contexts such as South Africa. The unit thus provided student practitioners with grounding in the foundations of career assessments based on Parson’s (1909) talent-matching approach that later developed into the Trait and Factor Theory of Occupational Choice. Keywords: african; assessment; career; career counselling; counselling; curriculum; development; education; level; need; practitioners; psychology; south; training; years
• ‘Indlela ibuzwa kwabaphambili’: Using indigenous knowledge practices to support first-year first-generation African students in their career transition to higher education by Diale, Boitumelo M. (2022) - Researchers like Peralta, Cinelli and Bennie (2018) show that tutoring can be used to increase the engagement of indigenous students. ‘Because they want to teach you about their culture’: Analyzing effective tutoring conversations between culturally responsible tutors and secondary science teachers of indigenous students in mainstream schools. Keywords: african; education; fyfgas; group; knowledge; learning; participants; role; sessions; south; students; study; support; transition; tutoring; tutors; university; year
• Curriculum implementation challenges and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in a rural secondary school in South Africa by Dlamini, Tholakele C.; Zulu, Free-Queen B. (2024) - Conclusion: The findings show that responses to the curriculum implementation challenges could be addressed through innovation and agency in rural schools. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; challenges; rural school; teachers; curriculum. Keywords: challenges; covid-19; curriculum; education; implementation; learners; learning; pandemic; school; south; teachers; teaching; year
• Careership: The experiences of women in choosing career paths in TVET in South Africa by Nghonyama, Matimba G.; Maluleke, Lucky; Seitshiro, Tshidiso (2023) - Experiences of women students in Engineering studies at a TVET college in South Africa. Similarly, a study conducted by the Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) in 2018 found that 27% of female TVET college students had experienced sexual harassment, while only 16% of the victims had reported the incidents (Mbelle et al., 2018). Keywords: africa; career; choices; education; gender; south; students; study; training; tvet; women
• Troubling gender norms: Reflections of two male early childhood teacher educators by Msiza, Vusi; Kagola, Obakeng (2023) - Moreover, the socially constructed notion that ECE teaching and, subsequently, ECE teacher education is a career suited for women is based on the understanding that ECE teaching is care work, which is not approved as a male responsibility (Bhana et al., 2022; Cruickshank, 2020). Noting that lived experiences in negotiating the normative constructions of gender in ECE teacher education are context-dependent and subjective, an interpretive paradigm was adopted. Keywords: authors; career; childhood; ece; education; gender; masculinities; men; research; south; teacher; teaching
• Prioritising career guidance and development services in post-apartheid South Africa by Pillay, Anthony L. (2020) - Considering the global and local economic trends, job markets and youth unemployment, career guidance services must take cognisance of the transformed workspace to include the informal employment sector. Most importantly, career guidance services must be made available to all, and not just a select few. Keywords: africa; career; counselling; development; education; guidance; people; services; south
• School principals’ responses in creating an inclusive schooling space for gender and sexual diverse learners by Nichols, Henry J. (2023) - Objectives: Drawing on the social justice leadership theory, this article aimed to add to the conversation on how school principals in their leadership positions can enable a safe and inclusive schooling space for learners with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. However, Payne and Smith (2018) found in the context of the United States (US), that school principals as institutional and organisational leaders still resist and avoid LGBTIQ youth and their mental health. Keywords: education; gender; justice; leadership; learners; lgbtiq; parents; principals; school; social; south
• Dual sport career experiences of student-athletes studying in South Africa and the USA by van Zyl, Louis J. (2024) - There continues to be interest in the topic of dual sports careers and this has been the focus of several researchers in recent decades (Condello et al., 2019; Isidori, 2015; Ryba et al., 2015; Stambulova & Wylleman, 2015; Stambulova et al., 2020; Vidal-Vilaplana et al., 2022). Encouraging student-athletes to follow dual sports careers places complex demands on all the role players and frameworks in the South African sportscape. Keywords: african; athletes; career; development; education; model; research; respondents; south; sport; student; support; transition; usa
• Olympiad participation: Problem-solving skills in mathematically gifted disadvantaged learners by Stones, Beccy; Maree, Jacobus G.; Jordaan, Joyce (2023) - A total of 100 mathematically gifted Grade 7 learners from two quintile two schools in the same disadvantaged area of South Africa were exposed either to Olympiad-style questions (South African Mathematics Challenge past papers), or traditional Department of Education worksheets. South African Mathematics Challenge. Keywords: africa; education; gifted; group; intervention; learners; maree; mathematics; problem; research; schools; skills; solving; south; south africa; study; test; university

• Morgan Richard Tsvangirai’s career development from a psychobiographical approach by Harry, Tinashe T. (2023) - Career development is profoundly complex (Cohen, 2003), and career development theories simplify career behaviours to make them easier to understand (Albien & Naidoo, 2018; Lent et al., 2002). However, psychobiographies anchored in career development theories are limited (Mayer, 2019; Ponterotto & Park-Taylor, 2021a, 2021b; Van Niekerk et al., 2019). Keywords: career; career development; development; et al; greenhaus; greenhaus et; lent; opposition; park; self; taylor; theory; trade; tsvangirai; union; zanu; zimbabwe
• Table of Contents Vol 5, No 1 (2023) by Office, Editorial (2024) - Towards unsettling the heteronormative male occupational culture in mining Tshepo B. Maake African Journal of Career Development | Vol 5, No 1 | a80 | 06 September 2023 Original Research School principals’ responses in creating an inclusive schooling space for gender and sexual diverse learners Henry J. Nichols African Journal of Career Development | Vol 5, No 1 | a95 | 16 October 2023 Original Research Careership: The experiences of women in choosing career paths in TVET in South Africa Matimba G. Nghonyama, Lucky Maluleke, Tshidiso Seitshiro African Journal of Career Development | Vol 5, No 1 | a84 | 16 October 2023 85 94 101 Vol 5, No 1 (2023): Topical Collection: Troubling normative constructions in careers Vol 5, No 1 (2023) The positive mutually reinforcing dynamics of career-adaptive attributes in career human agency Melinde Coetzee, Headman N. Mbiko African Journal of Career Development | Vol 5, No 1 | a71 | 11 September 2023 1 8 18 Editorial Gender diversity and sexual orientation in the South African workplace Boitumelo M. Diale, Anthony Brown, Obakeng Kagola African Journal of Career Development | Vol 5, No 1 | a103 | 21 December 2023 Original Research Intersections of gender and sexual diversity in the career trajectories of LGBTQIA+ individuals Lindokuhle M. Ubisi, Wandile Tsabedze, Eduard Fourie African Journal of Career Development | Vol 5, No 1 | a81 | 22 August 2023 Keywords: development; vol
• Emotional intelligence predicting subject-specific academic success: EQ-i Youth in South Africa by Stols, Anneke; Erasmus, Petro; Tsabedze, Wandile F. (2024) - Abstract Background: Academic performance has been perceived as an element, which can change the lives of youth, while emotional intelligence (EI) often relates to adolescents’ well-being and, in turn, can influence academic performance. Keywords: academic performance; adolescents; career planning; emotional intelligence; EQ-i Youth; EQ-i 2.0 model; South Africa. Keywords: achievement; adolescents; career; composite; development; et al; intelligence; model; performance; research; school; self; skills; south; study
• Editorial: ‘Ecological crisis–anthropological crisis’ by Guichard, Jean (2020) - Editorial: ‘Ecological crisis–anthropological crisis’. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v2i1.14 Editorial Editorial: ‘Ecological crisis–anthropological crisis’ Jean Guichard Copyright: © 2020. Keywords: competition; crisis; development
• Table of Contents Vol 6 No 1 & 2 (2024) by Office, Editorial (2025) - Lessons of queer educators navigating their high school space Siphesihle N. Maseko African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 2 | a134 | 11 September 2024 Original Research Out in the classroom: Self-disclosure as a ‘pedagogical tool’ Anthony Brown African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 2 | a142 | 11 September 2024 Original Research Positive inclusive experiences of a same-sex desiring male Foundation Phase teacher Obakeng Kagola African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 2 | a144 | 16 September 2024 137 142 148 155 Original Research Queering the role of hostel carers within the sexuality education of visually impaired learners Lindokuhle M. Ubisi African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 2 | a133 | 30 September 2024 Original Research Teaching sexuality in a climate of ambiguity: Namibian Life Skills teachers negotiating intersectionality Erwin R. Awarab, Anthony Brown African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 2 | a143 | 22 November 2024 Original Research On the crossroads: Gender and career-transitioning experiences of a young transgender employee Boitumelo M. Diale African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 2 | Original Research Exploring factors that influence students’ career decision making at a South African University Maria R. Fernandes, Kamilla V. Rawatlal African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 1 | a99 | 29 February 2024 Original Research Curriculum implementation challenges and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in a rural secondary school in South Africa Tholakele C. Dlamini, Free-Queen B. Zulu African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 1 | a73 | 08 April 2024 1 10 19 27 38 Vol 6, No 1 (2024) ISSN: 2709-7420 (print) | ISSN: 2617-7471 (online)African Journal of Career Development Original Research Increasing graduates’ employability skills through rational emotive career coaching Mkpoikanke S. Otu, Maximus M. Sefotho African Journal of Career Development | Vol 6, No 1 | a106 | 27 Keywords: career; development; vol
• A life design-related career development intervention for working adults in the manufacturing, engineering and related sectors by Taylor, Nicola; Beukes, Chris (2019) - Up until now, career development interventions implemented by the SETAs have been primarily focused on the youth. In P. J. Hartung, M. L. Savickas, & W. B. Walsh (Eds.), APA handbook of career intervention (Vol. 1, pp. 129–142). Keywords: career; design; development; employability; intervention; journal; life; maree; participants; south; study
• Table of Contents Vol 1, No 1 (2019) & Vol 2, No 1 (2020) by Office, Editorial (2020) - Potgieter African Journal of Career Development | Vol 1, No 1 | a4 | 09 October 2019 12 Page i of i Table of Contents Case Study A life design-related career development intervention for working adults in the manufacturing, engineering and related sectors Nicola Taylor, Chris Beukes African Journal of Career Development | Vol 1, No 1 | a2 | 13 June 2019 Case Study Student well-being in Veterinary Sciences: Implications for student support and career agility Irma Eloff African Journal of Career Development | Vol 1, No 1 | a6 | 10 December 2019 1 8 Editorial Editorial: ‘Ecological crisis–anthropological crisis’ Jean Guichard African Journal of Career Development | Vol 2, No 1 | a14 | 07 Vol 2, No 1 (2020) ISSN: 2709-7420 (print) | ISSN: 2617-7471 (online)African Journal of Career Development Original Research Map of self-perceived growth for reviewing user journey and negotiating career transitions Xuebing Su, Victor C.W. Wong African Journal of Career Development | Vol 2, No 1 | a18 | 15 September 2020 Original Research Postmodern market scenarios and career patterns: Challenges for education Magdalena Piorunek, Joanna Kozielska, Violetta Drabik-Podgórna, Marek Podgórny African Journal of Career Development | Vol 2, No 1 | a17 | 03 Keywords: development; vol
• The development of coping strategies for young people to construct their identity in times of the COVID-19 pandemic by Cohen-Scali, Valérie; Erby, Whitney (2021) - In C. Camilleri, J. Kastersztein, E.M. Lipiansky, H. Malewska-Peyre, I. Taboada-Leonetti, A. Vasquez (Eds.), Stratégies identitaires [Identity strategies]. In K.C. McLean & M. Syed (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of identity development (pp. 65–80). Keywords: activities; career; counselling; covid-19; development; france; identity; interventions; life; pandemic; people; research; self; strategies; students; work; young
• Exploring the construct validity of the Career Well-being Scale for its potential application as a career development tool in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic career space by Coetzee, Melinde; Ferreira, Nadia; Potgieter, Ingrid L. (2021) - The study contributes to the understanding of career well-being as measure of three intrinsic socio-emotional psychological states relevant to career development by showing that the construct and its sub-facets are manifested in a sample of working adults in the South African, European and African work contexts. Low scores may point to the presence of work volition derailers such as a lack of confidence in connecting socially with others to form social networks for career support. Keywords: career; coetzee; construct; cws; development; research; scale; self; state; support; validity; work
• Psychological states of career wellbeing and affective commitment as predictors of dual career agility types by Coetzee, Melinde (2021) - Abstract Background: There is limited empirical research on the construct of career agility and the relevance of dual career agility types in the technological-driven workplace. Keywords: career agility; dual career agility types; career wellbeing; affective commitment; autonomous motives. Keywords: adapter; affective; agility; career; career agility; coetzee; commitment; development; motives; wellbeing
• Table of Contents Vol 3, No 1 (2021) by Office, Editorial (2021) - Potgieter African Journal of Career Development | Vol 3, No 1 | a39 | 08 September 2021 Original Research Psychological attachment in the new normal working context: Influence of career navigation and career well-being attributes | 15 March 2021 Original Research Higher education and career development experiences of emerging adults: A focus on university students and graduates in Haiti Louise M. Vital African Journal of Career Development | Vol 3, No 1 | a30 | 29 March 2021 Original Research The impact of inequality and COVID-19 on education and career planning for South African children of rural and low-socioeconomic backgrounds Indira Pillay African Journal of Career Development | Vol 3, No 1 | a36 | 18 Keywords: development; vol
• Their stories: Children, exemplary models and career narratives by Sensoy-Briddick, Hande; Briddick, William C. (2022) - Evolving stories of child career development. Searching the keywords career development and marginalised populations and/or communities within the PychINFO, we found that 11% of articles were related to children, while only 1% of them were related to marginalised children. Keywords: briddick; career; career development; children; counselling; curriculum; development; journal; life; models; narratives; psychology; role; savickas; school; self; theory

• An intersectional analysis of early-career young cisgender women teachers’ experiences of learner-on-teacher violence by Kganya, Huma E.; Maake, Tshepo B. (2025) - Method: The study used qualitative research, conducting eight interviews with early-career young cisgender women teachers from secondary schools in Tshwane, Gauteng. Results: The findings show that young cisgender women teachers are especially vulnerable to male learner violence, influenced by a small age gap and patriarchal gender ideologies. These perceptions reinforce power imbalances informed by the learners’ perceptions of the female sex as weaker and defenceless, exposing young cisgender women teachers to persistent challenges in managing the classroom. Keywords: age; career; cisgender; cisgender women; learner; participants; school; south; study; teacher violence; teachers; violence; women; women teachers
• Workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other employees in South Africa by Sibande, Xolile; Gobind, Jenika (2025) - In South Africa, although legal protections exist, societal and workplace challenges persist, particularly in industries such as telecommunications. Objectives: This study explored the lived workplace experiences of LGBTQIA+ employees in South African telecommunications companies, examining how organisational culture shaped inclusion and whether diversity and inclusion initiatives effectively supported them. Conclusion: The study provides empirical insights into the experiences of LGBTQIA+ employees in South Africa, highlighting systemic barriers to inclusion and organisational challenges in supporting diversity. Keywords: africa; discrimination; diversity; employees; experiences; inclusion; individuals; lgbtqia+; lgbtqia+ employees; participants; policies; research; south; workplace
• Map of self-perceived growth for reviewing user journey and negotiating career transitions by Su, Xuebing; Wong, Victor C.W. (2020) - User experience careers. User journey constructed by users or ex-users may comprise a few dimensions, including plotting of user experiences, identification of feelings, facts and findings from user experiences, personal encounters with other people or significant others and emphasis on critical incidents associated with user changes and growth, etc. Keywords: career; experiences; journey; maps; mspg; participants; research; service; study; template; user; user journey; work; youth
• Developing a self-directed career guidance intervention for South African high school learners amidst severe COVID-19 restrictions by Jäckel-Visser, Michelle; Rabie, Stephan; Naidoo, Anthony V.; van Schalkwyk, Izanette; van den Berg, Francois J.; Streicher, Chantel (2021) - Keywords: career development; COVID-19; self-directed approach; career guidance intervention; high school learners. An early life design group based career guidance intervention for South African high school learners from low income communities. Keywords: booklet; career; career guidance; data; grade; guidance; intervention; learners; participants; resources; school; self; south; stellenbosch; study
• A mixed methods exploratory study of the utility of social cognitive career theory for research into the careers of entrepreneurial Emirati women in Dubai by Hawkswell, Pamela; McIlveen, Peter; Hoare, Patricia N. (2021) - Abstract Background: Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) is one of the leading theories within the literature of career development, but there is marginal evidence of its applicability within the diverse nations and cultures of the Middle East and Arab nations. Objectives: The research involved a mixed methods exploratory design with an aim to determine SCCT’s utility in the context of Dubai and with a specific focus on the careers of Emirati women. A mixed methods exploratory study of the utility of social cognitive career theory for research into the careers of entrepreneurial Emirati women in Dubai. Keywords: career; dubai; efficacy; expectations; family; participants; research; scct; self; study; women; work
• High school learners’ perceptions of careers in the built environment sector by Dube, Itumeleng; Makola, Sizile; Saliwe, Pumeza; Tabane, Ramodungoane (2023) - The qualitative questionnaire used in this study was developed to examine the opinions and views of learners about careers after they had attended a career talk focussing on built environment careers. Table 1 indicates the career fields which the speakers represented, as well as the race and gender of each speaker. TABLE 1: Demographics of speakers from different built environment careers. Keywords: africa; behaviour; career; construction; environment; industry; journal; learners; management; participants; research; school; sector; south; study; theory
• What work should be and bring: Representations of decent work in Togo by Kazimna, Pazambadi; Holu, Yawo A.; Alfa, Akila; Tchonda, Masamaésso; Pari, Paboussoum; Masdonati, Jonas (2020) - What work should be and bring: Representations of decent work in Togo. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v2i1.8 Original Research What work should be and bring: Representations of decent work in Togo Pazambadi Kazimna, Yawo A. Holu, Akila Alfa, Masamaésso Tchonda, Paboussoum Pari, Jonas Masdonati Received: 09 Dec. 2019; Keywords: context; needs; participants; psychology; research; study; togo; work; workers; working; years
• Exploring factors that influence students’ career decision making at a South African University by Fernandes, Maria R.; Rawatlal, Kamilla V. (2024) - Factors influencing students career choices among secondary school students in Kisumu municipality, Kenya. Parental influence Parental influence was another important factor in career decision making both in related literature and in this study. Keywords: career; career choice; career decision; choice; decision; factors; individual; journal; making; participants; psychology; research; results; south; student; study; university

• To advocate or assimilate: Lessons of queer educators navigating their high school space by Maseko, Siphesihle N. (2024) - There is a need for larger-scale research to deepen the understanding of queer educator experiences in schools. Researching queer educator experiences in rural school contexts, schools in homophobic communities, and schools that publicly and privately embrace the queer community would provide a holistic understanding of queer educator experiences. Keywords: educators; greg; high; lgbt; mandla; queer; queer educators; school; south; study; teacher
• Positive inclusive experiences of a same-sex desiring male Foundation Phase teacher by Kagola, Obakeng (2024) - Msiza’s findings show how FP male teachers reinforce the females as feminine and males as masculine and anything that is in between as deviant and positioning schools as unsupportive structures for diverse genders and sexual orientations (Msibi, 2019). While in South Africa much work has begun to explore facets of how FP male teachers have been recruited and retained in this educational phase. Keywords: camagu; experiences; gender; learners; male; school; sex; study; teachers
• Exploring the influence of collaborative leadership on Grade 12 mathematics results in a low-resourced secondary school by Theron, Hendri J. (2025) - Furthermore, school leadership is no longer restricted to a person or title (Kapur, 2018). School leadership and student achievement: Empirical study from secondary schools in Mogadishu-Somalia. Keywords: grade; leadership; mathematics; principal; results; school; sgb; study; support

• Working mothers in universities: Role of work-to-life enrichment, networking behaviours and career commitment by Ngwevu, Viwe; Chinyamurindi, Willie; Oni, Olabanji (2025) - Based on hypothesis 1, the networking behaviour to career commitment path was examined in order to determine whether networking has a significant, direct and positive association with career commitment. Based on hypothesis 2, to determine whether work-to-life enrichment has a direct and positive association with career commitment, the work-to-life enrichment to career commitment path was examined. Keywords: analysis; career; career commitment; commitment; enrichment; factor; family; fit; journal; life; life enrichment; model; mothers; networking; research; study; work
• The role of flourishing on career well-being and turnover intention of employees in entry-level positions by Murangi, Annelisa; Maletzky, Audrey (2025) - It is noteworthy that most issues arising from employee turnover have a detrimental effect on an organisation’s finances. The role of flourishing on career well-being and turnover intention of employees in entry-level positions. Keywords: career; employees; entry; flourishing; intention; level; level employees; relationship; research; study; turnover; work; workplace
• Trauma-informed career counselling to address work traumas resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic by Linnekaste, Jennifer J. (2021) - Next, career counsellors seek to draw out client narratives that relate to their present career problem, specifically, what career difficulty has led them to seek out career counselling. Eliciting the narrative The next step in the counselling process is for the counsellors to draw out client narratives that relate to the client’s reason for seeking career counselling. Keywords: career; career construction; career counselling; clients; construction; counsellors; covid-19; narrative; new; pandemic; problem; process; result; savickas; self; sense; trauma; work
• Career agility for purposive career exploration: Role of adult learners’ career orientations and digital-era world of work awareness by Coetzee, Melinde (2022) - The positive associations elucidated participants’ propensity for epistemic curiosity into the world of work changes, resulting in career agile external career exploration, self-efficacious career goal setting, and intentional and optimistic career navigation of new chance career and development opportunities proffered by technological advancement (Coetzee, 2021a). Career agility for purposive career exploration: Role of adult learners’ career orientations and digital-era world of work awareness. Keywords: agility; awareness; career; career orientations; era; exploration; individuals; orientations; work; world
• Intersections of gender and sexual diversity in the career trajectories of LGBTQIA+ individuals by Ubisi, Lindokuhle M.; Tsabedze, Wandile; Fourie, Eduard (2023) - For this reason, prolonged psychosocial stressors may force LGBTQIA+ individuals to reconsider whether they wish to stay or exit such work environments (Astle et al., 2023). Within certain conditions, the dual experience of racism and queerphobia was reported as provocations for not staying within such work environments (Maake et al., 2021). Keywords: africa; et al; gender; individuals; lgbtqia+; south; work

• Where does it all start? Gender-differences in athletes’ intention to pursue a coaching career by Majake, Refiloe; Kubayi, Alliance (2024) - Results: The findings showed that male athletes recorded significantly (p < 0.05) higher mean values for self-efficacy, outcome expectations, barriers, choice goals and intention to coach than female athletes. The findings show that male athletes recorded significantly higher mean values for self-efficacy (t(198) = 2.36, p = 0.02), outcome expectations (t(198) = 2.72, p = 0.01), barriers (t(198) = 2.01, p = 0.05), choice goals (t(198) = 2.18, p = 0.03) and intention to coach (t(198) = 2.10, p = 0.04) than female athletes. Keywords: athletes; barriers; career; coaches; coaching; efficacy; female; intention; self
• Encouraging phenomenological consciousness in student educational psychologists by using embodied career-focused genograms by Conradie, Karlien (2025) - Life designing in 21st century: Using a new, strengthened career genogram. Conclusion Human beings have a deep desire for phenomenological experience, which is to be intentionally aware of the significance of what they are living through in everyday life. Keywords: career; consciousness; counselling; embodied; experience; family; genogram; journal; life; narrative; practice; psychologists; psychology; self; student; teaching
• Enhancing self-confidence as female academics through sharing experiences by Jacobs, Anthea H.M.; Valentine, Lucretia Z. (2025) - Methods: Using collaborative autoethnography (CAE), the authors reflected on their lived experiences of navigating academic spaces. (Author 2, Programme Coordinator, female) The emotional and psychological cost of navigating academic spaces as a woman, particularly under pressure to constantly prove oneself, is evident. Keywords: academic; career; confidence; cop; experiences; female; feminist; practice; research; self; theory; women
• Employer requirements and employability mindsets influencing graduate workers’ self-confidence in gaining employment by Coetzee, Melinde; Ferreira, Nadia; Potgieter, Ingrid L. (2019) - Employability research is regarded as an emergent and crucial research area with the bulk of studies published after the year 2000 (McArthur, Kubacki, Pang, & Alcaraz, 2017). Non-withstanding the limitations of the research design, the present study helps foster an understanding of the role of important mindsets of professional purposefulness in employability research and practice. Keywords: confidence; employability; employment; graduateness; importance; job; marketability; orientation; qualities; research; self
• The positive mutually reinforcing dynamics of career-adaptive attributes in career human agency by Coetzee, Melinde; Mbiko, Headman N. (2023) - Career human agency is about adapting, self-regulating and facing challenges to achieve career goals despite adversity (Chen & Hong, 2020a, 2020b). Individuals exhibit a psychological resource set that enables them to intentionally navigate changing conditions in the pursuit of career goals. Keywords: adaptability; agency; attributes; career; career self; reactiveness; reflectiveness; resilience; satisfaction; self; variables

• Shifting professional and personal identities of the cisgender scholar doing LGBT research by Brown, Anthony (2024) - Shifting professional and personal identities of the cisgender scholar doing LGBT research. Scholars conducting LGBT research are being denounced as performing ‘dirty work’ and as promotors of immorality (Irvine, 2014). Keywords: africa; article; gay; gender; heterosexuality; identities; identity; interest; katlego; lgbt; orientation; reflections; research; sexuality; south; studies

• Gamification and vocational assessments: A systematic review by Akoodie, Yaseerah; Laher, Sumaya; Peral, Sergio (2025) - The need for contextually appropriate career counselling assessment: Using narrative approaches in career counselling assessment in African contexts. A systematic review provides a rigorous and transparent approach to synthesising current research, identifying methodological trends and assessing the efficacy of gamified vocational assessments. Keywords: articles; assessment; career; elements; et al; game; gamification; motivation; review; south; students; studies; study
• Student well-being in Veterinary Sciences: Implications for student support and career agility by Eloff, Irma (2019) - The impact of a brief embedded mindfulness-based program for veterinary students. The study aims to provide textured, nuanced and in-depth qualitative perspectives on the well-being of veterinary science students. Keywords: focus; group; students; study; years

• Foundation Phase teachers’ diverse sexual orientations and job experiences: A South African study by Venketsamy, Roy; Hu, Zijing; Naicker, Nashua (2024) - For this reason, the authors aimed to explore the lived experiences of FP teachers who identify as queer in Gauteng schools and who experienced discrimination or harassment. As this article focuses on workplace discrimination and harassment of FP teachers who identify as queer, this theory is significant in exploring their lived experiences. Keywords: discrimination; experiences; orientation; queer; schools; south; teachers; workplace
• On the crossroads: Gender and career-transitioning experiences of a young transgender employee by Diale, Boitumelo M. (2024) - Research on career transitioning has focused on how employees navigate their world of work, with fewer studies focusing on career transitioning with transgender employees in the workplace. Conclusion: The findings reveal significant challenges faced by transgender employees, including discrimination, microaggressions, and systemic barriers. Keywords: angel; career; discrimination; employees; experiences; research; transgender; transition; transitioning; workplace
• The job interview experiences of a Namibian transgender teacher graduate in pursuing employment by Haitembu, Rauna K.; Mbongo, Emilia N.; Brown, Anthony (2023) - Research methods and design This study aimed to conduct an in-depth exploration of the experiences of transgender people in pursuit of employment, specifically during job interviews. Selma’s experiences, are therefore highlighted as an insight into what transgender people may experience during job interviews. Keywords: career; discrimination; employment; experiences; identities; interview; job; namibia; people; research; selma; study; transgender; transgender people; workplace

• From the margins to the mainstream: LGBTQ+ professionals’ lived experiences in the education workplace by Brown, Anthony (2024) - Research conducted by Fantus and Newman (2021) indicates that inclusive educational environments not only benefit LGBTQ+ employees in education settings but also enhance the learning experiences of all students by fostering a climate of respect and understanding. Baker and Lucas (2017) highlight that LGBTQ+ educators and support staff in educational settings frequently encounter a hostile climate characterised by microaggressions and overt discrimination, leading to significant mental health challenges and career instability. Keywords: career; educators; journal; lgbtq+; support

• Acknowledgement to reviewers by Office, Editorial (2023) - It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to African Journal of Career Development. https://ajcd.africa Open Access Page 1 of 1 Reviewer Acknowledgement Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for African Journal of Career Development, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https:// ajcd.africa for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. Keywords: https://ajcd.africa; journal; reviewer
• Acknowledgement to reviewers by Office, Editorial (2024) - Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for African Journal of Career Development, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https:// ajcd.africa for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to African Journal of Career Development. Keywords: https://ajcd.africa; journal; reviewer
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• Acknowledgement to reviewers by Office, Editorial (2020) - It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to African Journal of Career Development. https://ajcd.africa Open Access Page 1 of 1 Reviewer Acknowledgement Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for African Journal of Career Development, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https:// ajcd.africa for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. Keywords: journal; reviewer
• Acknowledgement to reviewers by Office, Editorial (2021) - It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to African Journal of Career Development. Page 1 of 1 Reviewer Acknowledgement https://ajcd.africa Open Access Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for African Journal of Career Development, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https:// ajcd.africa for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. Keywords: journal; reviewer
• Acknowledgement to reviewers by Office, Editorial (2022) - It is good practice as a reviewer to update your personal details regularly to ensure contact with you throughout your professional term as reviewer to African Journal of Career Development. Acknowledgement to reviewers In an effort to facilitate the selection of appropriate peer reviewers for African Journal of Career Development, we ask that you take a moment to update your electronic portfolio on https:// ajcd.africa for our files, allowing us better access to your areas of interest and expertise, in order to match reviewers with submitted manuscripts. Keywords: journal; reviewer

• Establishing ties: You are responsible for your rose by Duarte, Maria E. (2021) - And it is also these ties that infuse in individuals a sense of responsibility for other individuals, especially those with whom they have established connections and who allow them to consider them as unique, similar to what we do since the very beginning of a counselling process: Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox. Bakhtin (1981) argues that: The consciousness of other people cannot be perceived, analyzed, as objects or as things – one can only relate to them dialogically. Keywords: dialogue; fox; people; prince; ties; world

• Facets of career agility as explanatory mechanisms of employees’ career adaptability by Coetzee, Melinde; Bester, Marais S.; Ferreira, Nadia; Potgieter, Ingrid L. (2020) - Facets of career agility as explanatory mechanisms of employees’ career adaptability. More insight is needed regarding the manner in which facets of career agility (as indicators of adaptive readiness) explain the activation of career adaptability (as an indicator of self-regulated career management resources that help employees proactively respond to the demands of the modern-day technological-driven work context). Keywords: adaptability; agility; career; career adaptability; career agility; individuals; research; resources

• ‘Are there gay men in the mines?’ Towards unsettling the heteronormative male occupational culture in mining by Maake, Tshepo B. (2023) - ‘Are there gay men in the mines?’ https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v5i1.80 Original Research ‘Are there gay men in the mines?’ Keywords: african; culture; gay; identities; industry; male; men; mining; mining industry; south; study; workplaces

• Psychological attachment in the new normal working context: Influence of career navigation and career well-being attributes by Potgieter, Ingrid L.; Coetzee, Melinde; Ferreira, Nadia (2021) - Coetzee et al. (2021b) described career navigation as a facet of career agility where individuals can efficiently and positively display problem-solving behaviour, scan the environment for new career opportunities, and are aware of opportunities and challenges within the job market. The facet of career navigation consisted of six items (e.g. ‘I regularly scan the environment for new career opportunities’). Keywords: affective; attachment; career; coetzee; commitment; employees; ferreira; navigation; new; organisation; working

• Psychometric properties of the South African Career Interest Inventory – Short by Morgan, Brandon (2022) - TABLE 2: Graded response model item parameters and item fit. Phan, Amrhein, Rounds and Lewis (2019) suggested that interest items use an emoji response format instead because of the inherent affective or emotional aspect involved when rating interest activities (e.g. Silvia, 2001; Strong, 1943). Keywords: circumplex; factors; fit; interest; item; model; riasec; sacii; scale; scores; short

• Affect as a predictor of occupational engagement, career adaptability and career decidedness by Hartung, Paul J.; Taylor, Jeannine M.; Taber, Brian J. (2022) - The CAAS items measure the four dimensions of career adaptability with six items per dimension: concern (ability to plan an occupational future), control (ability to make career decisions), curiosity (ability to explore occupational options) and confidence (ability to deal with barriers to CDM). Emotion in career studies Theoretical (e.g. Hartung, 2011; Young & Valach, 1996) and empirical works (e.g. Brown, George-Curran, & Smith, 2003; Porfeli et al., 2008; Rottinghaus et al., 2009; Young, Paseluikho, &Valach, 1997) have gradually offered more concerted responses to calls made for considering emotion in career theory and intervention. Keywords: adaptability; affect; career; cdm; decidedness; decision; emotion; engagement; hartung; journal; study

• Adequacy of career progression instructions in influencing promotions of commissioned officers in the Zambia Defence Force by Sithole, Emmanuel; Madimutsa, Clever; Bwalya, Mulenga C. (2023) - Adequacy of career progression instructions in influencing promotions of commissioned officers in the Zambia Defence Force. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v5i1.67 Original Research Adequacy of career progression instructions in influencing promotions of commissioned officers in the Zambia Defence Force Emmanuel Sithole, Clever Madimutsa, Mulenga C. Bwalya Received: 30 Sept. 2022; Accepted: 26 Apr. 2023; Keywords: army; career; career progression; force; instructions; officers; progression; progression instructions; promotions; service; zambia; zambia defence

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