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 1: 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 6: 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 21st Century’s Volatile World of Work
Itamar Gati
Chapter 9: Career Self-Efficacy and the Career Behavior of Women
Nancy E. Betz
Chapter 10: Career Adaptability
Madeleine Haenggli and Andreas Hirschi
Chapter 11: Well-Being and Career Success
Lisa C. Walsh, S. Gokce Boz, and Sonja Lyubomirsky
Section III: Culture and Context
Chapter 12: Sexual and Gender Minority Career Psychology
Brandon L. Velez
Chapter 13: Career Psychology in the Immigrant Context
Kelsey L. Autin, German A. Cadenas, and Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia
Chapter 14: Career Counseling with African Americans
Rosie Phillips Davis and Connie M. Ward
Chapter 15: Career Psychology and Work in the Asian American Context
Fred Leong and Deepshikha Chatterjas
Chapter 16: Latinx Career Psychology: Work and Vocational Development of Latinx Individuals
Lisa Y. Flores, Xiaotian Hu, and Leticia D. Martinez
Chapter 17: Career Psychology and Work in the Native American Context
Sherri L. Turner and Mark Pope
Chapter 18: Social Class in Work and Career Psychology
Blake A. Allan, Eileen Joy, and Patrick Murphy
Section IV: Career Intervention
Chapter 19: Career Assessment: Foundations, Approaches, and Applications
Patrick J. Rottinghaus and Felice Chen
Chapter 20: Career Management
Mo Wang, Yanjun Guan, and Yanran Fang
Chapter 21: 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 26: 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
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