A narrative and hermeneutic approach to understanding the career development of ten professional black South African women.
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2002
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This study uses a narrative and hermeneutic approach to explore the career development often professional Black South African women. Using an interview guide developed by Brown and Gilligan (1991) and adapted by Mautner and Doucet (1996) career narratives were collected from the ten women. The narratives were analysed using a Reading Guide (Tappan and Brown, 1992). This method involved reading each narrative a number of times, focusing on a particular aspect of the respondent's narrative with each reading. Four major themes emerged through the process of interpretation; 1) contextualised career narratives, 2) positive non-directional career narratives, 3) the social embeddedness of the career narratives and 4) gendered career development. A number of recommendations for research, practice and theory building were made on the basis of the interpretation.
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Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.
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Career development--South Africa., Career development--Case studies., Women, Black--Employment--South Africa., Theses--Psychology.