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Psychology of Career Adaptability, Employability and Resilience pp 397–414Cite as

Understanding Career Resilience and Career Adaptability in Challenging and Vulnerable Contexts

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This chapter aimed to understand these constructs in challenging and vulnerable contexts such as Global South countries, by means of analysis of research on career construction advanced in Latin America and based on the notion of intercultural dialogue. The overall aim was to produce knowledge that blends the Global North epistemology of social constructionism with contextualized theories from the South (a vulnerability and human rights framework). It also aimed to make a contribution to the social justice agenda in the field of career guidance and counseling. It was argued that three dimensions (personal, social and programmatic) that have the potential to transcend the person and include persons, contexts and relationships in its constructs should be considered in the process.

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This chapter has been supported by CNPq—Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brasil (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-Brazil) by means of a regular research grant (308786/2013-0).

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Ribeiro, M.A. (2017). Understanding Career Resilience and Career Adaptability in Challenging and Vulnerable Contexts. In: Maree, K. (eds) Psychology of Career Adaptability, Employability and Resilience . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66954-0_23

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