Comics as a tool for a narrative approach in early career counselling: theory versus empirical evidence

This article reports on integrative career counselling for early career individuals. This approach and intervention involve the elicitation and use of individuals’ multiple smaller career-life stories (qualitative assessment and intervention) and their scores on tests (quantitative assessment). The aim is to help them make important choices in their career-lives in collaboration with their career counsellors in rapidly changing times and work contexts. In the end, career counsellors and these individuals are enabled to devise life and career projects that enable early career individuals to make meaning in their work-lives, make social contribution, and experience a sense of self-worth and purpose in their career-lives. Using the approach within the current South African situation could enhance entrepreneurship and promote self-entrepreneurship and employability. Future longitudinal research, including multiple case and quantitative studies on the topic is needed. Such research could potentially implement different assessment instruments and include questionnaires to facilitate pre- and post-assessment of the effectiveness of the intervention.

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OpenCon2014 in Washington DC, November 2014. Early Career Researchers and Open Access Advocacy

Library Hi Tech News ◽

10.1108/lhtn-01-2015-0005 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 14-16

Author(s):

Matt Gallagher

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Early Career ◽

Narrative Approach ◽

Washington Dc ◽

Content Type ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

Experience Levels ◽

The Right ◽

Academic Resources

Purpose – This paper aims to give an overview of OpenCon 2014, organized by the Right to Research Coalition, SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and an organizing committee of students and early career researchers from around the world that took place between the 14th and 17th of November 2014 in Washington DC. Design/methodology/approach – A narrative approach was used to describe events. Findings – OpenCon 2014 is an exciting new conference that targets early career librarians and researchers who are involved with and/or interested in aspects of the open-access movement. It is attempting to galvanize the upcoming generation of scholars to demand more of traditional publishing models by bringing together a selective group that spans diverse interests and experience levels. Originality/value – This report outlines the author's takeaways and opinions concerning the events of the conference, as well as identifies some of the themes and issues that were relevant to librarians in research institutions.

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Capital structure, dividend policy, and multinationality: Theory versus empirical evidence

International Review of Financial Analysis ◽

10.1016/j.irfa.2010.01.001 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 140-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Raj Aggarwal ◽

NyoNyo Aung Kyaw

Keyword(s):

Capital Structure ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Dividend Policy ◽

Theory Versus

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Common Sense Assumptions and Language in Career Counselling

Australian Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1177/103841629500400211 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 35-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ken Hyndman ◽

Bill Patching

Keyword(s):

Secondary Students ◽

Common Sense ◽

Career Counselling ◽

School Counsellors ◽

Language Study ◽

Counselling Process ◽

Study Techniques ◽

Counselling Theory

Counsellors and clients enter career counselling with assumptions that effect the process and outcomes of counselling. Common sense assumptions are assumptions that are implicit in interactions and of which people are generally unaware. This article argues that there is a need for counsellors to be aware of these assumptions and acknowledge how they may influence the use of language in the counselling process. Segments of career counselling interactions between school counsellors and secondary students were reviewed using four language study techniques to identify assumptions implicit in the interactions. The results showed that the career counselling sessions were dominated by the counsellor who had a tendency to lead the discussion and outcomes. This confirmed the view of other researchers, who indicate that despite advances in career counselling theory, the counselling process has been limited by the approach of counsellors who have continued to rely on a directive trait and factor approach. Recommendations for addressing the situation are offered.

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Individual costs and benefits of sharing open data in ecology and evolution

10.32942/osf.io/473pn ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sandrine Soeharjono ◽

Dominique Roche

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Data Sharing ◽

Scientific Discovery ◽

Open Data ◽

Early Career ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Career Stage ◽

Costs And Benefits ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

And Gender

Open data facilitate reproducibility and accelerate scientific discovery but are hindered by perceptions that researchers bear costs and gain few benefits from publicly sharing their data, with limited empirical evidence to the contrary. We surveyed 140 faculty members working in ecology and evolution across Canada’s top 20-ranked universities and found that more researchers report benefits (47.9%) and neutral outcomes (43.6%) than costs (21.4%) from sharing data. Benefits were independent of career stage and gender, but men and early career researchers were more likely to report costs. We outline proposed mechanisms to reduce individual costs of data sharing and increase benefits.

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