TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing the career capabilities of NEET youth in Hong Kong
T2 - an experience-driven framework
AU - Su, Xuebing
AU - Wong, Victor
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to give special thanks to all the participants for sharing their experiences and opinion and the funding support from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
Funding Information:
We acknowledge the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for the funding support for this study [HKBU/HKJCCT/14-15/012].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Inspired by Amartya Sen’s conceptualization of capability, this article examined how the introduction of an experience-driven (ED) framework into the capability approach helps inform the delivery of a career support service project targeted at youth aged 15–21, who are not in education, employment or training (NEET youth) with difficulties to develop their career capabilities. Based on a thematic analysis of ten individual interview transcripts collected from five career practitioners and five ex-users, the study discussed four interlocking domains of experiences and experience-driven career interventions for enhancing youth’s capabilities to aspire and realize aspirations with a transition from the zone of proximal development to the zone of aspired development, namely, recognition, exposures, self-growth and transferability. We recommended further research studies on evaluating the effectiveness of using the ED framework for applying the capability approach to strengthening the career capabilities of service users characterized by diversity and vulnerability in different service settings.
AB - Inspired by Amartya Sen’s conceptualization of capability, this article examined how the introduction of an experience-driven (ED) framework into the capability approach helps inform the delivery of a career support service project targeted at youth aged 15–21, who are not in education, employment or training (NEET youth) with difficulties to develop their career capabilities. Based on a thematic analysis of ten individual interview transcripts collected from five career practitioners and five ex-users, the study discussed four interlocking domains of experiences and experience-driven career interventions for enhancing youth’s capabilities to aspire and realize aspirations with a transition from the zone of proximal development to the zone of aspired development, namely, recognition, exposures, self-growth and transferability. We recommended further research studies on evaluating the effectiveness of using the ED framework for applying the capability approach to strengthening the career capabilities of service users characterized by diversity and vulnerability in different service settings.
KW - Capability approach
KW - NEET youth
KW - Recognition
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124723678&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10775-022-09531-5
DO - 10.1007/s10775-022-09531-5
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85124723678
SN - 0251-2513
VL - 22
SP - 713
EP - 738
JO - International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
JF - International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
IS - 3
ER -
