Contesting discourses, building narratives: A social cluster framework for socially Just career practice

Lucy Sattler

doi:10.20856/jnicec.5504

Authors

Lucy Sattler Study Work Grow https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1738-1512

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.5504

Keywords:

Cluster Approach to the Development of Identity (CADI), career development, sustainable careers, career narrative, social identity

Abstract

Career development practice can serve as a mechanism for social justice by enabling individuals to construct sustainable career narratives (Arthur, 2005). However, to support cohesive identity development, individuals—and the practitioners who assist them—must attend to the language used in career discourse, as language itself becomes a site of power that can expand or constrain perceived possibilities (Burr, 2015). The Cluster Approach to the Development of Identity (CADI) addresses this concern through a deliberately constructed sociolinguistic framework. This paper examines CADI’s application as an example of socially just practice, with implications for career development theory and policy.

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