Career Psychology Models, Concepts, and Counseling for Meaningful Employment

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Pub. Date: 2023-06-06
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Summary

Career Psychology identifies and reports the theory, science, and practice of career counseling, serving as the foundation for career planning, occupational exploration, career decision-making, vocational choice, job entry, work adjustment, and retirement.

The science of vocational psychology uses theory, research, and practice to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of career counseling within an array of career services, including education, guidance, counseling, placement, and coaching. This book consolidates and advances knowledge about the scientific foundations and practical applications of vocational psychology and career counseling. It serves as a reference on the evolution, current status, and future directions of vocational psychology and is useful for researchers, practitioners, and students alike. 

This book explains how the science and practice of vocational psychology and career counseling assist diverse groups of people across developmental age periods to construct personally meaningful and socially relevant work lives. 

Author Biography

W. Bruce Walsh, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Walsh is the founder and charter editor of the Journal of Career Assessment. He has coauthored and co-edited 24 books and 150 journal articles. In 1998 he served as president of the Society of Counseling Psychology and in 2010 served as president of the Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology. From 1990 to 2002 he served as the Director of Training for the Counseling Psychology Program at Ohio State. In 2004 Dr. Walsh received the Leona Tyler Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology in recognition of outstanding accomplishments.

Mark L. Savickas, PhD, is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University. His 80 articles, 40 book chapters, and 500 presentations to professional groups have dealt with vocational behavior and career counseling. From 2011 to 2014 he served as president of the counseling psychology division in the International Association of Applied Psychology and has been editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior since 1999. He received the Leona Tyler Award for Distinguished Contributions to Counseling Psychology (2011) from the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the Eminent Career Award from the National Career Development Association.

Paul J. Hartung, PhD, is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and adjunct professor of counseling at the University of Akron. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17) and the National Career Development Association, he has authored over 70 journal articles and book chapters dealing with career development, assessment, and counseling. He is the editor of The Career Development Quarterly. In 2009 he received the APA Society of Counseling Psychology John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research. He is currently the President of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology.

Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD, is Professor of Psychology in the Industrial and Organizational and Clinical Psychology programs and Director of the Center for Multicultural Psychology Research at Michigan State University. He has authored or coauthored more than 172 journal articles, 122 book chapters, and 21 books. In 2004 he served as president of the Asian American Psychological Association, in 2002 to 2006 as president and founder of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and in 2006 as president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues of the American Psychological Association (APA). In recognition of his contributions to multicultural psychology and counseling, he has received numerous awards including: The John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research from the Society of Counseling Psychology (APA), the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, and the APA Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science. In addition, he is the 2018 recipient of the Leona Tyler Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology of APA. 

Lisa Y. Flores, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri. Dr. Flores has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters and given over 200 conference presentations in topics on the career development of women and Latinx and the integration of Latinx immigrants in rural communities. She has been PI and co-PI on grants funded by NSF and USDA to support her research. Dr. Flores is editor of the Journal of Career Development and former associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and Career Development Quarterly. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 17, 35, 45) and has received several honors for her work, including the Distinguished Career Award from the Society of Vocational Psychology, the Shining Star Award from the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career or Personality Research from the Society of Counseling Psychology, and early career professional awards from both the Society of Counseling Psychology and the National Latinx Psychological Association. 

Table of Contents

Introduction
I. Career Theories

1. Person-Environment Fit
Nadya Fouad, Jane Swanson, Stephanie Burrows & Jo Ida Hansen
2. Social Cognitive Career Theory
Steve D. Brown & Robert W. Lent
3. A Psychology of Working Theory
Ryan D. Duffy, David L. Blustein, Gianella Perez & Camille Smith
4. A Cognitive Information Processing Approach
James Sampson, Janet Lantz, Robert Reardon, Emily Bullock-Yowell, Debra Osborn & Gary Peterson
5. Work as a Calling: A Theoretical Model
Ryan D. Duffy, Gianella Perez, Bryan J. Dik & Dylan R. Marsh
II. Core and Emerging Constructs
6. Vocational Interests: Conceptual Issues, Research Findings, and Practical Implications
Hui Xu
7. The Interface between Career Exploration and Decision Making: From Parsons to the 21st Century's Volatile World of Work
Itamar Gati
8. Career Self-Efficacy
Nancy E. Betz
9. Career Adaptability
Madeleine Haenggli & Andreas Hirschi
10. Well-Being and Career Success
Lisa C. Walsh, S. Gokce Boz & Sonja Lyubomirsky
III. Culture and Context
11. Sexual and Gender Minority Career Psychology
Brandon L. Velez
12. Career Psychology in the Immigrant Context
Kelsey L. Autin, German A. Cadenas & Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia
13. Career Counseling with African Americans
Rosie Phillips Davis & Connie M. Ward
14. Career Psychology and Work in the Asian American Context
Fred Leong & Deepshikha Chatterjas
15. Latinx Career Psychology: Work and Vocational Development of Latinx Individuals
Lisa Y. Flores, Xiaotian Hu & Leticia D. Martinez
16. Career Psychology and Work in the Native American Context
Sherri L. Turner & Mark Pope
17. Social Class in Work and Career Psychology
Blake A. Allan, Eileen Joy & Patrick Murphy
IV. Career Intervention
18. Career Assessment: Foundations, Approaches, and Applications
Patrick J. Rottinghaus & Felice Chen
19. Career Management
Mo Wang, Yanjun Guan & Yanran Fang
20. Exploring Global Careers: Individual Mobility and Organizational Management
Michael Dickmann & Rodrigo Mello
21. Career Counseling and Psychotherapy: The Working Alliance and Reflexive Practice
Peter McIlveen & Malcolm Choat
22. Careers and the Gifted: Implications for Society and Education Policy
Jonathan Wai and Don C. Zhang
23. Work and Unemployment
Frank Burtnett
24. Work Disability
Connie Sung & Amy Nasamran
25. Experience of Marginalization in Career Development: From Education to the Workplace
Richard Douglass
26. Healthy Careers: An Occupational Health Psychology Perspective
Robert R. Sinclair, Baylor Graham, Lauren Kistler, Meredith Pool, Danielle Sperry & Gwendolyn P. Watson

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