A1 Journal article (refereed)
Multiple job holding, societal change, and individual careers : contributions to the chaos theory of careers (2020)
Järvensivu, A., & Pulkki, J. (2020). Multiple job holding, societal change, and individual careers : contributions to the chaos theory of careers. Australian Journal of Career Development, 29(1), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1038416219886710
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Järvensivu, Anu; Pulkki, Jutta
Journal or series: Australian Journal of Career Development
ISSN: 1038-4162
eISSN: 2200-6974
Publication year: 2020
Volume: 29
Issue number: 1
Pages range: 67-76
Publisher: Sage Publications
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1038416219886710
Publication open access: Not open
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Abstract
The chaos theory of careers was applied to identify the connections between multiple jobholders’ careers and societal change. Multiple job holding is a form of employment that consists of two or more overlapping jobs. Six interviews with men born in the 1960s in Finnish North Karelia, whose multiple job holding included agricultural and forestry work, were analyzed. Our results showed that multiple job holding career development has societal connections and that the experiences of multiple job holding varied across individuals. Moreover, multiple job holding experiences and further career development endeavors were influenced by whether the multiple job holding career developed in line with or counter to societal changes. The study contributes to the chaos theory of careers by showing that self-similar fractal shapes can be identified both in individual careers and in societal changes by studying connective metaphors.
Keywords: career; career development; multiprofessional work; complexity; societal change; agriculture; forestry
Free keywords: chaos theory of careers; multiple job holding; complexity; fractal; metaphors
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Reporting Year: 2020
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