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Understanding the concept of career development among young cancer survivors in Malaysia


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Musa, Siti Nur Syuhada and Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah (2017) Understanding the concept of career development among young cancer survivors in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Educational Research and Practice (ICERP) 2017, 26-27 July 2017, The Everly Hotel, Putrajaya. (pp. 493-502).

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study on the understanding of the concept of career development among young working cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer during their childhood. This study was based on an extensive review of past researches on individual factors and career development among cancer survivors using the System Theory Framework. To conduct the literature reviews, the researcher utilized keywords such as career development, working life and young cancer survivors. From the literatures reviewed, the single factor that contributed to career development among young cancer survivors was the individual factor. Hence, addressing career development (the individual factor), might be important to improve employment outcomes for young cancer survivors. The importance and originality of this study were, it explored career development among young cancer survivors. This paper adopted elements from the System Theory Framework (STF) to derive the individual factor that influenced of career development. It is hoped this research findings will contribute to literatures on the significant factor contributing to career development among young cancer survivors in Malaysia.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions: Faculty of Educational Studies
Publisher: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Career development; Working life; Young cancer survivors
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2018 01:44
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2018 01:44
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59030
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