Career Theory and Practice - 4th Edition - Learning Through Case Studies

List of contents

List of Tables and Figures
List of Additional Cases
Acknowledgments
PART I ¿ FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 ¿ Career Counseling: An Overview
Purpose of the Book
Work and Career Counseling
Changing World of Work
Definition and Types of Theories
Clarifying Distinctions Between Theories and Theoretical Orientations
Developing Hypotheses and a "Working Model" of the Client
Organization of the Book
Summary
Chapter 2 ¿ Ethics for Career Professionals
NCDA (2015) Code of Ethics
Ethical Decision Making
Ethical Vignettes
Chapter 3 ¿ Career Interventions in Different Settings
Career Interventions in Schools
Career Interventions in Higher Education
Career Interventions in Community Settings
Professional Challenges
Chapter 4 ¿ Cultural Contexts and Career Counseling
Culturally Responsive Career Counseling
Fouad and Kantamneni's Three-Dimensional Model
Practical Implications
Multicultural Career Counseling Tenets
Additional Cases
Chapter 5 ¿ The Case of Leslie
Presenting Issue
Career and Work History
Family Information
Marital Information
Leslie's Expectations for Career Counseling
Initial Impressions of Leslie
Conceptualizing Leslie from Various Theoretical Approaches
Chapter 6 ¿ Testing and Assessment
The Use of Assessment in Career Counseling
Selection of Assessment
Types of Assessment
Assessment of Other Constructs
Other Types of Assessment
Interpreting Career Assessment
Leslie's Assessment Information
Working With Leslie's Case and Assessment Information
PART II ¿ THEORIES
Chapter 7 ¿ Holland's Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments
Introductory Review
Applying Holland's Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 8 ¿ The Theory of Work Adjustment
Introductory Review
Applying the Theory of Work Adjustment
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 9 ¿ Super's Developmental Theory
Introductory Review
Applying Developmental Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 10 ¿ Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise
Introductory Review
Applying Gottfredson's Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 11 ¿ Social Cognitive Career Theory
Introductory Review
Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 12 ¿ Career Construction Theory and Life Designing Paradigm
Introductory Review
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 13 ¿ Psychology of Working Theory
Changing Assumptions About Work/Career
Introductory Review
Applying Psychology of Working Theory
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
PART III ¿ APPLICATIONS
Chapter 14 ¿ Information About the World of Work
Classification Systems
Sources of Occupational Information
How to Use Occupational Information in Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 15 ¿ The Intersection of Career and Noncareer Issues
Career and Noncareer Issues
Implications for Career Counseling
Applying Career-Noncareer Frameworks
Directions and Implications for Career Counseling
Additional Cases
Chapter 16 ¿ Summary and Integration
Summary and Comparison of the Theories
Integrating Theoretical Perspectives
The Case of George
Summary
The Case of Tom
The Case of Sharon
Evaluation of the Major Theories
Revisiting Counselor Cognitions
Parting Words
References
Index
About the Authors

About the author

Jane L. Swanson, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she served as Chair of the Department of Psychology and Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.  She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1986.  She is a Fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association and has served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology and on the boards of the Society of Counseling Psychology and the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling.  Dr. Swanson has served on several journal editorial boards and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior.  She has published extensively on topics related to career and vocational psychology, such as career assessment, career barriers, measurement of vocational interests, and career interventions.  Dr. Swanson is also an experienced career counselor and facilitator, including founding and directing a university career counseling agency, developing and delivering career interventions for high school students, and training and supervising career counselors.
Nadya A. Fouad, PhD, ABPP, is the Mary and Ted Kellner Endowed Chair of Educational Psychology and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She received her Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1984. Her primary areas of interest are career development and career choices of women and of racial and ethnic minorities; cross-cultural vocational assessment; interest measurement; cross-cultural counseling; race and ethnicity, and competencies in training.  Dr. Fouad is the editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior.  She is a past editor of the Counseling Psychologist, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Career Assessment, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and Career Development Quarterly. She currently serves on the National Academy of Engineering’s Workforce Development Workgroup.  Dr. Fouad is past president of The Society of Counseling Psychology (17) of the American Psychological Association, past chair of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs, past chair of the Board of Educational Affairs of the American Psychological Association, and is past Chair of the APA Ethics Committee.   She is the 2017 recipient of the Leona Tyler Award for Lifetime of Achievement in Counseling Psychology, the 2014 Society of Vocational Psychology Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2013 Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2010 Paul Nelson Award, the 2009 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, the 2009 Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring & Scholarship, and the 2003 APA Division 17 John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research.

Product details

• Authors: Nadya Fouad, Nadya A. Fouad, Jane L. Swanson, Jane L. L. Swanson, Swanson Jane L.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2019
• EAN: 9781544333663
• ISBN: 978-1-5443-3366-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Careers guidance, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services