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The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College
Thesis (MEdPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134806 The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College Scheepers, Margaux Conradie, Karlien Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Educational Psychology. Vocational school graduates -- South Africa Career development -- South Africa Narrative inquiry (Research method) Women -- Vocational education students -- South Africa Women. Black -- South Africa Women college graduates -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MEdPsych)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Scheepers, M. 2025. The Career Construction Narrative of a Black African Female Graduate at a TVET College. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/02452ae2-6003-4b7f-b9fe-a326ad8c2b62 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite the growing emphasis on employability and skills development in South Africa, there remains a dearth of research exploring the subjective career construction experiences of graduates from technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, particularly Black African women who have studied Office Administration. This qualitative study aimed to address this gap by examining the career construction narrative of a Black African female Office Administration graduate from a TVET college. Situated within the interpretivist and postmodernist epistemological frameworks, the research adopted constructivist and social constructionist theoretical perspectives to explore the key narrative events and experiences that have shaped the participant’s career narrative, her self-perception within this narrative, and the significant relational and broader socio-cultural influences on her career decision-making. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection, and a voice-centred relational method of analysis (referred to as the Listening Guide) was used to reveal familial and peer support and expectations, responses to traumatic events, systemic barriers, intersecting identities, and personal resilience as key influences shaping the participant’s career trajectory. The findings highlight the complexities of navigating educational and professional landscapes shaped by race, gender, and socio-economic status. This study contributes to the literature on career development within marginalised groups and offers recommendations for future research and the enhancement of TVET support systems. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ondanks die toenemende klem op aanstelbaarheid en vaardigheidsontwikkeling in Suid-Afrika is daar steeds weinig navorsing oor die subjektiewe belewenis van loopbaanbou onder gegradueerdes uit kolleges vir tegniese en beroepsgerigte onderrig en opleiding (TBOO-kolleges), veral Swart Afrikaan-vroue wat kantooradministrasie studeer het. Hierdie kwalitatiewe studie wil dié gaping ondersoek aan die hand van die loopbaanbounarratief van ’n Swart Afrikaan-vrou wat ’n graad in kantooradministrasie aan ’n TBOO-kollege verwerf het. Die navorsing is in die interpretivistiese en die postmodernistiese epistemologiese raamwerk gesetel, en pas konstruktivistiese en sosiaal-konstruksionistiese teoretiese perspektiewe toe om die vernaamste narratiewe gebeure en ervarings te ondersoek wat die deelnemer se loopbaannarratief, haar selfpersepsie binne die narratief, asook die relasionele en breër sosio-kulturele invloede op haar loopbaanbesluitneming te ondersoek. Semigestruktureerde onderhoude is gebruik om data in te samel en stemgesentreerde relasionele ontleding (bekend as die “luistergidsmetode”) is toegepas om die bepalende invloed te verstaan wat die gesin en portuurgroep se ondersteuning en verwagtings, reaksies op traumatiese gebeure, sistematiese hindernisse, interseksionele identiteite en persoonlike veerkragtigheid op die deelnemer se loopbaantrajek gehad het. Die bevindings beklemtoon hoe kompleks navigasie is van die onderwys- en die beroepslandskap wat deur ras, geslag en sosio-ekonomiese status gevorm word. Hierdie studie dra tot die literatuur oor loopbaanontwikkeling in gemarginaliseerde groepe by en maak aanbevelings vir toekomstige navorsing en die versterking van TBOO-ondersteuningstelsels. Masters 2026-01-08T12:26:46Z 2026-01-08T12:26:46Z 2025-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134806 Stellenbosch University 199 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Vocational school graduates -- South Africa Career development -- South Africa Narrative inquiry (Research method) Women -- Vocational education students -- South Africa Women. Black -- South Africa Women college graduates -- South Africa UCTD Scheepers, Margaux The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College |
| title | The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College |
| title_full | The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College |
| title_fullStr | The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College |
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| title_short | The career construction narrative of a Black African female graduate at a TVET College |
| title_sort | career construction narrative of a black african female graduate at a tvet college |
| topic | Vocational school graduates -- South Africa Career development -- South Africa Narrative inquiry (Research method) Women -- Vocational education students -- South Africa Women. Black -- South Africa Women college graduates -- South Africa UCTD |
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