Career Psychology describes the theory, science, and practice of career counseling, a field that serves as the foundation for career planning, occupational exploration, career decision-making, vocational choice, job entry, work adjustment, and retirement.
This book usefully consolidates and advances knowledge about the scientific foundations and practical applications of vocational psychology and career counseling, a field that serves as the basis for career planning, occupational exploration, career decision making, vocational choice, job entry, work adjustment, and retirement.
Chapters written by expert contributors cover key theories and approaches, core and emerging constructs, cultural contexts, and career interventions, showing how counselors can assist diverse groups of people across developmental age periods to construct personally meaningful and socially relevant work lives.
This comprehensive work will serve as a ready reference on the evolution, current status, and future directions of vocational psychology and is useful for researchers, practitioners, and students alike.
Introduction
Section I: Career Theories
Chapter : Person-Environment Fit
Nadya Fouad, Jane Swanson, Stephanie Burrows, and Jo-Ida Hansen
Chapter 2: Social Cognitive Career Theory
Steve D. Brown and Robert W. Lent
Chapter 3: Psychology of Working Theory
Ryan D. Duffy, David L. Blustein, Gianella Perez, and Camille Smith
Chapter 4: A Cognitive Information Processing Approach
James Sampson, Janet Lentz, Robert Reardon, Emily Bullock-Yowell, Debra Osborn, and Gary Peterson
Chapter 5: Work as a Calling: A Theoretical Model
Ryan D. Duffy, Gianella Perez, Bryan J. Dik, and Dylan R. Marsh
Chapter : Life Development and Life Designing for Career Construction
Peter McIlveen and Jennifer Luke
Section II: Core and Emerging Constructs
Chapter 7: Vocational Interests: Conceptual Issues, Research Findings, and Practical Implications
Hui Xu
Chapter 8: The Interface between Career Exploration and Decision Making: From Parsons to
the 2 st Century amp rsquo s Volatile World of Work
Itamar Gati
Chapter 9: Career Self-Efficacy and the Career Behavior of Women
Nancy E. Betz
Chapter : Career Adaptability
Madeleine Haenggli and Andreas Hirschi
Chapter : Well-Being and Career Success
Lisa C. Walsh, S. Gokce Boz, and Sonja Lyubomirsky
Section III: Culture and Context
Chapter 2: Sexual and Gender Minority Career Psychology
Brandon L. Velez
Chapter 3: Career Psychology in the Immigrant Context
Kelsey L. Autin, German A. Cadenas, and Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia
Chapter 4: Career Counseling with African Americans
Rosie Phillips Davis and Connie M. Ward
Chapter 5: Career Psychology and Work in the Asian American Context
Fred Leong and Deepshikha Chatterjas
Chapter : Latinx Career Psychology: Work and Vocational Development of Latinx Individuals
Lisa Y. Flores, Xiaotian Hu, and Leticia D. Martinez
Chapter 7: Career Psychology and Work in the Native American Context
Sherri L. Turner and Mark Pope
Chapter 8: Social Class in Work and Career Psychology
Blake A. Allan, Eileen Joy, and Patrick Murphy
Section IV: Career Intervention
Chapter 9: Career Assessment: Foundations, Approaches, and Applications
Patrick J. Rottinghaus and Felice Chen
Chapter 2 : Career Management
Mo Wang, Yanjun Guan, and Yanran Fang
Chapter 2 : Exploring Global Careers: Individual Mobility and Organizational Management
Michael Dickmann and Rodrigo Mello
Chapter 22: Career Counseling and Psychotherapy: The Working Alliance and Reflexive Practice
Peter McIlveen and Malcolm Choat
Chapter 23: Careers and the Gifted: Implications for Society and Education Policy
Jonathan Wai and Don C. Zhang
Chapter 24: Work and Unemployment
Frank Burtnett
Chapter 25: Work Disability
Connie Sung and Amy Nasamran
Chapter 2 : Experience of Marginalization in Career Development: From Education to the Workplace
Richard Douglass
Chapter 27: Healthy Careers: An Occupational Health Psychology Perspective
Robert R. Sinclair, Baylor Graham, Lauren Kistler, Meredith Pool, Danielle Sperry, and Gwendolyn P. Watson
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 5 journal articles. In 998 he served as president of the Society of Counseling Psychology and in 2 served as president of the Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology. From 99 to 2 2 he served as the Director of Training for the Counseling Psychology Program at Ohio State. In 2 4 Dr. Walsh received the Leona Tyler Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology in recognition of outstanding accomplishments.
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 journal articles and book chapters and given over 2 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 7, 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.
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 7) and the National Career Development Association, he has authored over 7 journal articles and book chapters dealing with career development, assessment, and counseling. He is the editor of The Career Development Quarterly. In 2 9 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 72 journal articles, 22 book chapters, and 2 books. In 2 4 he served as president of the Asian American Psychological Association, in 2 2 to 2 as president and founder of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and in 2 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 2 8 recipient of the Leona Tyler Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology of APA.
