The COVID-19 pandemic could be considered as a career shock for employees in different industries around the world. The aim of this research was to gain insight into the dynamics of Serbian small business owners’ career shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by using personal construct psychology (PCP) as a theoretical framework. We conducted 18 semi-structured interviews with 9 small business owners on two separate occasions and analyzed their personal stories. The data were collected during the most restrictive lockdown in Serbia in April 2020 and again at the end of June 2020 when the number of the people infected was on a rapid rise. The reaction to the career shock caused by the pandemic can be understood by analyzing transitions (how people perceive career shocks), people’s coping strategies and the way in which their dependencies were dispersed. This study contributes to understanding the career shock issue by viewing it through the lens of the personal construct theory.
Keywords:
career shock / COVID-19 pandemic / narratives / personal construct psychology (PCP) / serbian small business owners
TY - JOUR
AU - Vukelić, Milica
AU - Džinović, Vladimir
AU - Čizmić, Svetlana
AU - Petrović, Ivana B.
PY - 2021
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2021.2019631
UR - http://ipir.ipisr.org.rs/handle/123456789/723
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic could be considered as a career shock for employees in different industries around the world. The aim of this research was to gain insight into the dynamics of Serbian small business owners’ career shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by using personal construct psychology (PCP) as a theoretical framework. We conducted 18 semi-structured interviews with 9 small business owners on two separate occasions and analyzed their personal stories. The data were collected during the most restrictive lockdown in Serbia in April 2020 and again at the end of June 2020 when the number of the people infected was on a rapid rise. The reaction to the career shock caused by the pandemic can be understood by analyzing transitions (how people perceive career shocks), people’s coping strategies and the way in which their dependencies were dispersed. This study contributes to understanding the career shock issue by viewing it through the lens of the personal construct theory.
T2 - Journal of Constructivist Psychology
T1 - A Study of Career Shocks from the Perspective of Personal Construct Psychology: Small Business Owners in the Jaws of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia
EP - 23
SP - 1
DO - 10.1080/10720537.2021.2019631
ER -
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author = "Vukelić, Milica and Džinović, Vladimir and Čizmić, Svetlana and Petrović, Ivana B.",
year = "2021",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic could be considered as a career shock for employees in different industries around the world. The aim of this research was to gain insight into the dynamics of Serbian small business owners’ career shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by using personal construct psychology (PCP) as a theoretical framework. We conducted 18 semi-structured interviews with 9 small business owners on two separate occasions and analyzed their personal stories. The data were collected during the most restrictive lockdown in Serbia in April 2020 and again at the end of June 2020 when the number of the people infected was on a rapid rise. The reaction to the career shock caused by the pandemic can be understood by analyzing transitions (how people perceive career shocks), people’s coping strategies and the way in which their dependencies were dispersed. This study contributes to understanding the career shock issue by viewing it through the lens of the personal construct theory.",
journal = "Journal of Constructivist Psychology",
title = "A Study of Career Shocks from the Perspective of Personal Construct Psychology: Small Business Owners in the Jaws of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia",
pages = "23-1",
doi = "10.1080/10720537.2021.2019631"
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Vukelić, M., Džinović, V., Čizmić, S.,& Petrović, I. B.. (2021). A Study of Career Shocks from the Perspective of Personal Construct Psychology: Small Business Owners in the Jaws of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia. in Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 1-23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2021.2019631
Vukelić M, Džinović V, Čizmić S, Petrović IB. A Study of Career Shocks from the Perspective of Personal Construct Psychology: Small Business Owners in the Jaws of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia. in Journal of Constructivist Psychology. 2021;:1-23.
doi:10.1080/10720537.2021.2019631 .
Vukelić, Milica, Džinović, Vladimir, Čizmić, Svetlana, Petrović, Ivana B., "A Study of Career Shocks from the Perspective of Personal Construct Psychology: Small Business Owners in the Jaws of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Serbia" in Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2021):1-23,
https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2021.2019631 . .
