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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology
Compromise
One of the core constructs of Gottfredson's (1996) theory of circumscription and compromise, compromise entails a step by step expansion of the social space to permit additional images of occupations to enter the zone of acceptable alternatives. Compromise arises from the need to identify additional accessible occupations. It is essentially the opposite of circumscription, which narrows down options. More generally, other theorists refer to compromise as ettling for a real choice of occupation or career that does not match (or live up to) one's career aspiration, caused by any of a number of real or perceived constraints.
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