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Researchers and practitioners interested in the role of work in people's lives are faced with the need for new perspectives to support clients, communities, and organizations. This handbook is designed to fill this gap in the literature by focusing on the full spectrum of people who work and who want to work across the diverse contexts that frame working in the 21st century.
List of contents
- Part One: Theoretical Foundations
- 1. The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for a New Era
- David L. Blustein
- 2. Critical Psychology, Well-Being, and Work
- Isaac Prilleltensky and Graham B. Stead
- 3. Social Constructionist Thought and Working
- Graham B. Stead
- 4. Traditional and Emerging Career Development Theory and the Psychology of Working
- Jane L. Swanson
- Part Two: The Context of Working
- 5. Race and Working
- Lisa Y. Flores
- 6. Gender and the Psychology of Working
- Neeta Kantamneni
- 7. Toward an Inclusive LGBT Psychology of Working
- Mary Z. Anderson and James M. Croteau
- 8. Poverty, Social Class, and Working
- Saba Rasheed Ali
- 9. From Work and Family to a Dual Model of Working
- Mary Sue Richardson and Charles Schaeffer
- 10. Approaches to Aging and Working
- Harvey L. Sterns and Anthony A. Sterns
- 11. Work and Disability
- Ellen Fabian
- Part Three: Organizational Implications
- 12. Redefining Work, Work Identity, and Career Success
- Douglas T. Hall and Philip H. Mirvis
- 13. A More Inclusive Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- Michael J. Zickar
- Part Four: Counseling and Psychotherapy
- 14. Counseling Clients with Work-Based Challenges
- Sherri L. Turner, Julia L. Conkel Ziebell, and Robin A. Alcala Saner
- 15. Psychotherapy and the Integration of the Psychology of Working into Therapeutic Practices
- Anderson J. Franklin and Mary Beth Medvide
- Part Five: Community-based Interventions and Public Policy
- 16. The Promise of Work as a Component of Educational Reform
- Maureen E. Kenny
- 17. Training and Employment Services for Adult Workers
- Cindy L. Juntunen and Tamba-Kuii M. Bailey
- 18. Public Policy and the Psychology of Working
- Spencer G. Niles and Edwin L. Herr
About the author
David L. Blustein, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at Boston College.
Summary
Work is a central aspect of life, providing a source of structure, a means of survival, connection to others, and optimally a means of self-determination. Across the globe, people devote considerable time and effort in preparing for, adjusting to, and managing their work lives. Many of the major crises affecting people and communities have been and continue to be related to working, including wars, famines, poverty, and risks to personal safety. At the same time, working, when it is dignified and meaningful, can create the foundation for a satisfying life that allows people to support themselves and their families, and to find an outlet for their values and interests in the world of work.
This handbook is designed to expand and deepen a growing discourse about the psychological nature of working. Building on critiques of traditional assumptions and practices about work and career in psychology, the psychology of working perspective has been advanced as an inclusive, broad-reaching framework that explores the nature of working for the full spectrum of people who work and who want to work. This volume is characterized by disciplinary pluralism with contributions from a wide range of scholars and practitioners interested in the role of work in people's lives. Chapters explore theoretical foundations, the context of working, counseling and psychotherapy, organizational implications, community-based interventions, and public policy. As a major resource in the psychology of working field, this book is a must-have for counseling and clinical psychologists, I/O psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, management consultants, and a wide array of researchers and students who are concerned with the nature of work in the 21st century, transformative scholarship, public policy, and inclusive psychological practice.
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This book is an outstanding companion for practitioner-scholars, researchers, and graduate students of career development.
