Special issue: Disciplinary perspectives in career development
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., & Alexander, R. (2024)
Special issue: Disciplinary perspectives in career development. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 52(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.5201
This editorial sets the scene for the special issue, and provides an introduction to thinking about disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in the field of career development.
Questions to ask of a model: A framework to help practitioners understand and choose between models for career development practice
Journal Article
Robertson, P., & Yates, J. (2023)
Questions to ask of a model: A framework to help practitioners understand and choose between models for career development practice. Career Matters, 11(4), 40-41
Policy in Scotland: The outcomes of the ‘Career Review’ process
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2022)
Policy in Scotland: The outcomes of the ‘Career Review’ process. Career Matters, 10(2), 18-19
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The role of information in career development
Journal Article
Milosheva, M., Robertson, P., Cruickshank, P., & Hall, H. (2021)
The role of information in career development. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 47(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4703
The role of information in career development has received relatively little research attention. A literature review completed as part of a doctorate in the first half of 2021...
Evidence based practice
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2021)
Evidence based practice. Career Matters, 9(2), 18-19
An introduction to the special section on the Capability Approach to career guidance
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., & Picard, F. (2021)
An introduction to the special section on the Capability Approach to career guidance. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21(2), 395-404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09462-7
This editorial introduces readers to the Capability Approach to career guidance. It outlines the origins of the approach in the work of economist Amartya Sen, and explains som...
Career First: A new way of thinking about welfare-to-work programmes
Journal Article
McQuaid, R., Robertson, P., & Fuertes, V. (2021)
Career First: A new way of thinking about welfare-to-work programmes. Career Matters, 9(1), 28-29
In the UK, career guidance services are deeply involved with supporting students and young people. Their involvement with unemployed adults and jobseekers has been patchier an...
Career-first: an approach to sustainable labour market integration
Journal Article
Fuertes, V., McQuaid, R., & Robertson, P. J. (2021)
Career-first: an approach to sustainable labour market integration. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 429-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09451-2
Active labour market policies aim at supporting people entering and, importantly, remaining in the labour market. Initiatives to this end have often been characterised by a mi...
Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., & Melkumyan, A. (2021)
Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09443-2
This article provides an account of current public policy for career guidance in the Republic of Armenia. Brief background information is provided in terms of key geographical...
A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance
Journal Article
Egdell, V., & Robertson, P. J. (2021)
A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09445-0
In this article, we provide a balanced critique of Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) with reference to its potential to inform career guidance theory and practice. There are vary...