Editing Career development (section)

==Relative context of social identity in career planning==
As the process of career planning is relational to balancing the varying factors of demands in an individual's life, socio-demographics factors relating to an individual's age, race, gender, and socio-economic status may influence the extent to which they pursue career planning or other opportunities for training and development of skills. The varying aspects of social identity in relation to the context of finding a balance to the demands in personal life will influence individuals to make decisions to change, adapt, or abandon their career path.<ref name="McDonald 2016" />{{Rp|20–21}}

Both men and women for example, will make different types of decisions based on the situational factors that require balance. Women tend to make more choices to balance work and non-work priorities such as child or elder care. This may also discourage some women to pursue their career path, and focus on prioritizing assistance for others.  Men will make decisions based on not only having to balance work and non-work priorities, but for advancement and added income.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barnett |first1=R.C. |last2=Hyde |first2=J.S. |date=2001 |title=Women, Men, Work, and Family |journal=American Psychologist |volume=56 |issue=10 |pages=781–796 |doi=10.1037/0003-066X.56.10.781 |pmid=11675985 }}</ref>