- Title
- The career development of Gary Player: a psychobiography
- Creator
- Futter, Tamlin Sandra
- Subject
- Player, Gary
- Subject
- Psychology -- Biographical methods Psychohistory Biography as a literary form
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21834
- Identifier
- vital:29787
- Description
- This psychobiography focuses on the first 80 years of Gary Player’s career development. Gary Player is a famous South African golfer who has contributed towards business, sport, and charity. The psychological frame of referenced employed to interpret Player’s career development derives from Donald Super’s Life-span, Life-space Theory, which serves to substantiate this study’s focus on career development. This study employed a qualitative case study design. The research aims were (a) to describe Player’s career development, (b) to interpret it through Super’s theoretical framework, and (c) to assess whether Super’s theory is appropriate or suitable for the interpretation of an individual’s career development. Multiple primary and secondary sources of information were utilised to describe and interpret Player’s life history. These multiple sources aided in ensuring the trustworthiness and rigour of the study. The findings highlighted Gary Player’s life, with particular relevance to the periods of time that he spent on his career, lack of time that he spent on retirement, and his incorporation of his hobbies into his career. The discussion incorporated Donald Super’s theory into the findings and indicated that there are some aspects of Super’s theory relevant to describing Player’s career development, particularly within the growth stage. Throughout this study’s processes, the subject was treated ethically and responsibly during supervision by the researcher. This study contributed towards the body of knowledge on Gary Player, the on-going research of psychobiographies in South Africa, career development, and the applicability of Super’s theory.
- Format
- xi, 125 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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