Developing self in work and career
Subtitle: concepts, cases, and contexts
By: edited by Paul J. Hartung and Linda M. Subich.
Contributors: Hartung, Paul J.; Subich, Linda Mezydlo, 1956-
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781433808616
Subjects: Self-perception; Imagery (Psychology); Career development; Vocational guidance
Description: Human beings possess the unique psychological ability to self-reflect. Few human experiences and behaviors define the self and allow us to characterize ourselves within the social world more than work and career. The pressing economic and social conditions of the information and globalization age require workers to be more self-directed by managing their own work lives, rather than solely relying on organizations to support them. Given these shifting occupational structures, it is time to reassess the long-standing emphasis on fitting workers to jobs and move toward empowering them to adapt to change.

In this volume, leading scholars and practitioners examine the construct of self through vocational psychology and career development topics centered on theory, assessment, and intervention. Chapters in Part I consider predominant theoretical models of career choice and development, such as person-environment fit, developmental, sociocognitive-behavioral, and constructionist perspectives. In Part II, contributors offer counseling methods rooted in these theoretical models and in contemporary industrial and organizational psychology to foster self-construction through work and career. In the final part, authors examine contextual dimensions of gender, culture, and socioeconomic class to investigate how self is constructed in relation to our social world. By exploring theories of career choice and development and their related counseling practices, practitioners can more effectively meet the needs of a rapidly changing global workforce. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : reconsidering self in career theory and practice / Paul J. Hartung and Linda M. Subich; title: The self in vocational psychology : object, subject, and project / Mark L. Savickas; title: Improving person-environment fit and self-knowledge / Patrick J. Rottinghaus and Raoul VanEsbroeck; title: Fostering self-concept and identity constructs in developmental career psychology / Fred W. Vondracek and Erik J. Porfeli; title: The self as agent in social cognitive career theory / Robert W. Lent and Nadya A. Fouad; title: Constructing self in career theory and counseling interventions / Audrey Collin and Jean Guichard; title: Person match as a source of possible selves / Donald G. Zytowski and Catalina D'Achiardi-Ressler; title: Self-direction in the boundaryless career era / Sherry E. Sullivan; title: Integrating self through personality, interests, and self-efficacy / Fred H. Borgen and Nancy E. Betz; title: Implementing self-concept: fit, development, and agency / Susan D. Phillips; title: The gendered context of vocational self-construction / Mary J. Heppner and Chu-Chun Fu; title: Self in vocational psychology : a cultural formulations approach / Frederick T. L. Leong, Erin E. Hardin, and Arpana Gupta; title: Self and social class in career theory and practice / David L. Blustein, Maria T. N. Coutinho, Kerri A. Murphy, Faedra Backus, and Christine Catraio.