The effects of career planning education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37886/Keywords:
career planning, qualitative analysis, neuro-linguistic programming, personal excellenceAbstract
Research Question (RQ): We employed a qualitative approach to study the effects of career planning education,
perceiving it as an effective way to gain a deeper understanding of introductorily-organised career education.
Purpose: We researched important areas to formulate a questionnaire for quantitative analysis.
Method: We used a qualitative research approach in order to develop a theoretical framework for the exploration,
interpretation and identification of the impact of education on career plans, on the changing attitudes towards
careers, the raising of self-esteem and perception of personal growth. We used Neuro-linguistic programming as
a tool to develop and achieve personal excellence within the career planning.
Results: We constructed a paradigmatic model and developed the final theory. By means of qualitative analysis,
we identified the elements of design criteria for the construction of the questionnaire; we measured the effects of
education on career plans.
Organization: The findings of the research will prove useful in personal management and career management in
the process of planning and organizing the promotion of individuals within the organizations in accordance with
the needs of those organizations.
Originality: A career plan as a building block of personal growth, based on the model of career education with
the in-built elements and tools of NLP, has been confirmed by the most recent studies in neuroscience. This
represents a novelty, and, therefore, this study offers a genuine contribution, and is an indicator of contemporary
knowledge, based on the results of the research.
Limitations/Future Research: The model of career education and the results of this study open new directions
for further research of the influence of career planning on the organisation of companies and their success, which
is the phase of the study which was not carried out.
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