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THE ROLE OF LIFE EVENTS AND RELATIONS IN CAREER DECISIONS

Falck-Ytter, Ingvild Fredvang; Jørgensen, Stine Vaksvik
Master thesis
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2020
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Abstract
The purpose of the thesis was to investigate which formative and relational life

events that may be particularly important for career decisions. To understand career

choices, the thesis used a life story approach and portrayed how individuals

reflected and found meaning from experiences and events. The sample consisted of

thirteen interviewees, and five categories emerged from the analysis: (1) friends and

acquaintances as inspiration, (2) door openers as the way in, (3) making sense of

luck, (4) revelations along the way, and (5) mastery as propulsion. Moreover, the

thesis noticed how individuals’ sensemaking of particular life events can contribute

to outcomes in career decisions and development. In particular, the findings

revealed that relations have influenced the interviewees’ career decisions, directly

or indirectly. Further, the study revealed that mastery played a critical role in career

development. Lastly, the interviewees’ sensemaking of the life stories included

serendipities and epiphanies at different stages of the narratives.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2020
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