Leung, Seung-Ming AlvinSeung-Ming AlvinLeungProf. YUEN Man-tak2025-09-222025-09-222012In Watson, M., & McMahon, M. (Eds.). (2012). Career development: Global issues and challenges : Global issues and challenges (pp. 75-92). Nova Science Publishers.97816132485229781613248935http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/25658Globalisation is a process that has transformed the shape and structure of economic activities, altered international relationships, accelerated cross-cultural contacts and encounters, and drastically changed the nature of individual work activities and career (Friedman, 2006; Van Esbroeck, 2008). Increasingly, career counselling and guidance has been called to action in many nations to assist individuals across the lifespan to cope with complex career development and choice issues in our emerging globalised societies (Herr, 2008). In many countries, career counselling and guidance has evolved into a more ―formal‖ system of helping (e.g., the establishment of formal career counselling/guidance positions in schools or communities) as the ―informal‖ structure of assisting students and adults with career concerns (e.g., receiving help from one‘s social support network) is no longer adequate (McMahon & Yuen, 2009; Van Esbroeck, 2008).enBook Chapter