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This content-rich and inspirational book offers complementary theoretical and practical perspectives from detailed research and analysis of decent work, inclusion and sustainability issues in Brazil, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States and West Africa.In today's turbulent world marked by risk and uncertainty, the values of decent work, inclusion and sustainability are no longer a simple choice, but vital guiding principles that enable individuals, organisations, and governments to reimagine work as a source of dignity and purpose, even in the face of adversity. The thirteen chapters in this volume focus on effective ways to support individuals in their search for meaningful self-discovery and work within a career guidance and counselling context.With a new chapter, conclusion, and a revised introduction, this book will be beneficial to students, researchers, teachers, policymakers, guidance and counselling practitioners who have an interest in decent work, inclusion and sustainability, human psychology, social science, behavioural science, youth work, public employment services, mental health and well-being, counselling, education, and community development. The other chapters were originally published in the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.
List of contents
Introduction: Decent work, inclusion and sustainability PART 1 1. Integrating discursive validation in career counselling: an emancipatory strategy to foster decent working trajectories and social justice 2. Revitalising decent work through inclusion: toward relational understanding and action 3. Two-chair dialogue: an emotion-focused technique applied to career counselling 4. Efficacy of a group career construction intervention with urban youth of colour 5. The enabling role of employment guidance in contemporary public employment services: A work-first to life-first typology 6. Building better futures: decent work, inclusion and careers support services in the UK PART 2 7. Rethinking the professionalism of career counsellors in the face of increasing vulnerability among young people linked to the crises of the Capitalocene 8. Improving career decision making of highly skilled workers: designing interventions for the unemployed and discouraged 9. Young workers without formal qualifications: experience of work and connections to career adaptability and decent work 10. Work volition, decent work, and work fulfilment, in the formal and informal economy in Burkina Faso 11. The role of career adaptability and future orientation on future goals in refugees 12. Labour market integration of young refugees and asylum seekers: a look at perceived barriers and resources 13. Enhancing agency in career development via cognitive information processing theory Conclusion
