An Individual Mixed‐Evaluation Method for Career Intervention. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jacquin, Philippe; Juhel, Jacques
• Is Part Of: Career development quarterly. Volume 65:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 16
• Page End: 28
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: effectiveness of career counseling -- single‐subject mixed design -- time series -- life narrative -- changepoint analysis -- evidence‐based practice; Vocational guidance -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; Career education -- Periodicals; 370.11305
• DOI: 10.1002/cdq.12077
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0889-4019

Abstract

Abstract : Economic issues linked to career counseling are a cause for concern to policy makers in developed countries because they expect career practitioners to provide evidence of the efficiency of career counseling interventions. The aim of this study was to test an individual evaluation method mixing time series (outcomes) and life narrative (processes). The method used 5 items related to 1 client's career decision self‐efficacy and studied the evolution of those items throughout the intervention of 1 career counselor (43 days). Changepoint analysis helped in identifying the changes that have to be taken into account for time series and which are contextualized in the client's verbatim analysis. This mixed method highlighted that the career counselor's intervention increased the client's career decision self‐efficacy. Practitioners could use the methodology proposed in this article to evaluate their interventions. They could also report their practice to clients, employers, and decision makers.