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Exploration Process and Future Plans of Arabs and Jewish Israeli Young Adults

Implications for Career Interventions

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Career Guidance and Livelihood Planning across the Mediterranean

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This chapter presents and discusses the career plans of Israeli Arab and Jewish young adults. It also considers in some detail recent Israeli studies on the process of career exploration in the period of emerging adulthood. These studies illustrate how culture as well as socio-political conditions shapes this process and impact on plans for the future. The chapter concludes by making a series of reflections and suggestions regarding career interventions that use a broad definition of career.

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Cinamon, R.G. (2017). Exploration Process and Future Plans of Arabs and Jewish Israeli Young Adults. In: Sultana, R.G. (eds) Career Guidance and Livelihood Planning across the Mediterranean. EMCER. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-992-8_12

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