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Frigerio, Gillian (2023) How can I develop a framework for ‘calling-informed’ career development practice for Christian women? PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis reports on action research (AR) undertaken from the perspective of a career development practitioner and educator seeking to develop particular provision to integrate faith, work and calling for Christian women. Structured in six chapters, it reviews three selected fields of knowledge: the theory and practice of career development work; the work as calling literature; and understandings of work and calling in use in the Church of England. This denomination is justified from the point of view of researcher positionality and focus on the particular faith and career development experiences of women.
The thesis uses the meta-theoretical framework of the Systems Theory Framework (STF) of Career Development (Patton & McMahon, 2021) and provides new insights by extending the STF through integration with the other fields of knowledge. As the STF is intended as a basis for career development practice, the thesis focuses on how this might be developed. Eleven semi-structured interviews with Anglican lay women use the STF to explore their experiences of career and faith development. A reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2021) of the interviews identifies that the social system proximal to the individual is particularly present in the participant’s self-understanding of their work, faith and calling and provides insights into the sensemaking processes of calling when understood to be coming from God. Potential for participants to benefit from career development support is identified, despite an ambivalence about accessing this. The study concludes by identifying future actions for the practitioner-researcher both in providing support direct to Christian women and working with the wider career development professional community, the Church of England and other faith communities. These are mapped against traditionally understood activities of career guidance as well as the five signposts for social justice (Hooley, Sultana, & Thomsen, 2017). A framework for practice which integrates calling into the STF based on the analysis of my interviews is the main outcome, modelled for future use in supporting women to integrate work and faith, learning to craft their way towards living their calling.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Christian women, Career development, Action research, Christian women -- Conduct of life | ||||
Official Date: | May 2023 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Education Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Sponsors: | Francis, Leslie J. ; Moorosi, Pontso | ||||
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Extent: | viii, 171 pages : illustrations | ||||
Language: | eng |
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