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Career Guidance and Counseling Through the Lifespan Systematic Approaches

by: Herr, Edwin L.; Cramer, Stanley H.; Niles, Spencer G.

Career Guidance and Counseling Through the Lifespan Systematic Approaches

by: Herr, Edwin L.; Cramer, Stanley H.; Niles, Spencer G.

ISBN 13:
9780321081391
ISBN 10:
0321081390
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/03/2003
Publisher: Pearson

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The Sixth Edition ofCareer Guidance and Counseling Through the Lifespan: Systematic Approachesis a comprehensive treatment of career development theory and practice in a world of work which is undergoing profound change.The book examines the current changes in the organization and content of work, the implications of the global economy for the practice of career development, best practices in career services, and perspectives on the research findings supporting career counseling and other career interventions.

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRACTICE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT: NEEDS, TRANSITIONS, AND EMERGING CHALLENGES

(69)

Challenges to the Practice of Career Development

(2)

Changes in the Organization of Work and Career Paths

(1)

New Concepts of Career

(1)

Trends Related to the Global Economy

(2)

Factors Affecting the Choice and Content of Work

(4)

The Practice of Career Development: Terms in Transition

(2)

Vocational Guidance: A Historical Evolution to the Language of Career

(16)

Enter Frank Parsons

(1)

The First Fifty Years of Vocational Guidance

(2)

The Precursors of Career Guidance and Counseling

(1)

Treatment or Stimulus?

(5)

Career Models Emerge

(2)

Comprehensive Career Guidance

(7)

Needs for Career Guidance and Counseling: A Lifespan Perspective

(6)

Career Counseling

(7)

A Vocabulary for Career Counseling and Guidance

(2)

Perspectives on Counselor Role in Career Guidance and Career Counseling

(13)

Trends in Counselor Role

(6)

Career Counseling and Mental and Behavioral Health

(1)

Basic Academic Skills and Career Development

(1)

The Counselor as Technologist

(1)

Special Needs Populations

(1)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

(1)

International Approaches to Career Guidance and Career Counseling

(9)

The Legacy of the Twentieth Century-The Conceptual Base for the Twenty-First

(3)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER 2 WORK: MEANING, ACCESS, ADJUSTMENT

(61)

The Language of and Preparation for Work

(4)

Human Capital and Returns on Investment

(2)

The Concept of Work

(9)

Cultural and Organizational Perceptions of Work

(7)

Meanings of Work Vary across Time

(1)

Job Satisfaction

(5)

Perspectives on Job Satisfaction

(2)

Findings about Job Satisfaction

(1)

Person-Job Fit: Work and Personality

(1)

Counseling, Job Satisfaction, and Person-Organization Fit

(1)

Work and Mental Health

(5)

Career Development and Mental Health

(1)

Unemployment and Mental and Emotional Distress

(9)

Job Insecurity and Underemployment

(1)

Unemployment: A Worldwide Phenomenon

(2)

The Social and Fiscal Costs of Unemployment

100

(1)

Individual Reactions to Unemployment

100

(1)

Indicators of Links between Career Development and Mental Health

101

(3)

Interventions in Unemployment

104

(2)

Psychological and Work Pathology Disorders

106

(7)

Work and Leisure

113

(2)

Concepts of Leisure

113

(2)

Leisure Counseling

115

(1)

The Transition and Adjustment to Work

115

(12)

Human Resource Development for the Twenty-First Century

116

(1)

Transition Services

117

(3)

The Role of the Workplace in Human Resource Development

120

(2)

The Initial Transition to Work

122

(1)

Employment Transition Problems

123

(2)

Affective Work Competencies

125

(1)

Multidimensional Barriers to Work

126

(1)

Counseling for Personal Flexibility

127

(8)

The Elements of Personal Flexibility in a Global Economy

131

(3)

Career Motivation

134

(1)

Conclusions

135

(1)

Summary

135

CHAPTER 3 THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE

131

(33)

The Changing Scene

137

(4)

Occupational Projections

138

(1)

Future Scenarios

138

(3)

The Past, Present, and Future of the Labor Force

141

(5)

The Past

141

(1)

The Present

141

(3)

The Future

144

(2)

Relation of the Occupational Structure to Career Guidance and Counseling

146

(1)

Occupational Classification Systems

147

(16)

The USOE Clusters

148

(1)

Census Classifications

149

(1)

Status Classifications

150

(1)

Holland's Classification System

151

(1)

Field and Level

152

(1)

Standard Occupational Classification Manual

153

(3)

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles

156

(3)

O *NET

159

(4)

Maps

163

(1)

Summary

163

(1)

CHAPTER 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAREER BEHAVIOR AND CHOICE

164

(80)

Career Development in Perspective

167

(1)

Approaches to Career Development and Choice

168

(66)

Trait-and-Factor, Actuarial, or Matching Approaches

170

(8)

Decision Theory

178

(16)

Situational, Sociological, and Contextual Approaches

194

(11)

Psychological Approaches

205

(13)

Developmental Approaches

218

(16)

Adult Development

234

(6)

Schlossberg's Work

234

(3)

The Importance of Adult Transitions

237

(2)

Career Stages in Organizations

239

(1)

Implications for Career Guidance, Counseling, and Career Education

240

(2)

Summary

242

(2)

CHAPTER 5 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS

244

(45)

Women

244

(14)

Stereotypes

246

(3)

Time Parameters

249

(1)

Traditional versus Pioneer versus Homemaker

250

(1)

Role Models

251

(1)

Aspects of Sex Differences

251

(3)

Self Efficacy

254

(2)

Discontinuities in Female Career Development

256

(1)

Career Counseling of Women

256

(2)

People of Color

258

(15)

African Americans

259

(4)

Hispanics

263

(2)

Asian Americans

265

(2)

Native Americans

267

(2)

Counseling Culturally Diverse Clients

269

(4)

Immigrants

273

(4)

Legal and Illegal Immigrants

273

(2)

Counseling Immigrants

275

(2)

Persons Who Are Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual

277

(3)

Persons with Disabilities

280

(7)

Career Development of Persons with Disabilities

280

(2)

Career Counseling of Persons with Disabilities

282

(5)

Summary

287

(2)

CHAPTER 6 SYSTEMATIC PLANNING FOR CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

289

(43)

Planning: Some Perspectives

291

(4)

Program Planning

293

(1)

Planning Skills

293

(2)

Process of Systematic Program Planning

295

(2)

Systems Approach to Career Education

297

(1)

Five-Stage Planning Model

297

(34)

Stage 1: Developing a Program Rationale and Philosophy; Specifying the Mission

299

(17)

Stage 2: Stating Program Goals and Behavioral Objectives

316

(5)

Stage 3: Selecting Alternative Program Processes

321

(1)

Stage 4: Developing an Evaluation Design

322

(8)

Stage 5: Milestones

330

(1)

Summary

331

(1)

CHAPTER 7 CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

332

(30)

The Elementary School Child

338

(6)

Environmental Influences

338

(4)

Children's Values toward Work

342

(1)

Importance of the Early School Years

343

(1)

Counselors and Career Guidance

344

(1)

Goals for Career Guidance in the Elementary School

345

(5)

Parental Influences

348

(2)

Relationship of Goals to Program Functions

350

(4)

Concrete Strategies for Implementing Goals

351

(1)

Sequencing Career Guidance Experiences

352

(1)

The Concepts of Awareness and Accommodation

353

(1)

Examples of Program Content

354

(3)

Career Guidance Techniques in the Elementary School

357

(4)

Summary

361

(1)

CHAPTER 8 CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL

362

(31)

Characteristics of Junior High School Youth

365

(10)

Gender Differences

369

(4)

Approaches to Gender Differences in the Junior High School

373

(1)

Differences in Maturity

374

(1)

A Time for Early School-Leaving

374

(1)

Planning Considerations

375

(1)

Goals for Career Guidance in the Junior High School

376

(1)

Examples of Program Content

377

(14)

Career Clusters

379

(1)

Using Self Directed Career Interest Inventories

380

(1)

Other Sequential or Comprehensive Approaches

381

(3)

Using Community Resources in Career Guidance

384

(2)

Career Guidance Strategies for Decision Making and Problem Solving

386

(1)

Simulation as a Career Guidance Strategy

387

(1)

Information Retrieval

387

(1)

Career Guidance Strategies and Work

388

(1)

Other Career Guidance Activities and Techniques in Junior High School

389

(2)

Summary

391

(2)

CHAPTER 9 CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

393

(61)

Career Development among Senior High School Students

395

(17)

Need for Increased Availability of Career Guidance Services

396

(1)

Differences in Career Aspirations

397

(4)

Career Maturity in Special Populations

401

(2)

Gender Differences

403

(2)

Work Values

405

(2)

Relationships among Curricula, Work Values, Work Salience and Career Maturity

407

(1)

Transition to Work

408

(4)

Implications for the Practice of Career Development in Senior High School

412

(18)

Planning Considerations in Senior High School

413

(13)

Career Guidance Strategies to Foster Decision Making

426

(3)

Approaches Involving Parents and Group Counseling

429

(1)

Career Guidance and Career and Technical Education, Work-Based Learning, and Career-Relevant Schools

430

(15)

Integrating Work Experience with Schooling

438

(7)

Career Guidance in Career and Technical Education and Work-Based Learning

445

(4)

Perspectives on Placement

447

(2)

Career Guidance Techniques for Senior High School

449

(4)

Curriculum Infusion

449

(2)

Group Guidance Processes

451

(1)

Community Involvement

452

(1)

Summary

453

(1)

CHAPTER 10 THE PRACTICE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION

454

(30)

The Evolution of Career Services in Higher Education

455

(3)

Characteristics of the Student Population

458

(2)

Planning Considerations

460

(4)

Career Counseling

462

(1)

Information and Resources on Careers

462

(2)

Goals for Career Development in Higher Education

464

(5)

Assistance in the Selection of a Major Field of Study

464

(1)

Assistance in Self Assessment and Self Analysis

464

(1)

Assistance in Understanding the World of Work

465

(1)

Assistance in Decision Making

465

(1)

Assistance with Access to the World of Work

466

(1)

Assistance in Meeting the Unique Needs of Various Subpopulations

466

(3)

Sequencing Career Guidance Experiences

469

(2)

Examples of Program Content

471

(10)

Courses, Workshops, and Seminars

472

(3)

Group Counseling

475

(2)

Individual Counseling

477

(1)

Peer Counseling

478

(1)

Placement

479

(2)

Career Guidance Techniques

481

(2)

Summary

483

(1)

CHAPTER 11 CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

484

(31)

Work Adjustment and Personal Adjustment

484

(10)

Occupational Stress

484

(3)

The Interaction of Work and Individual Adjustment

487

(1)

The Rise in Interest in Career Services

488

(5)

A Lexicon of Workplace Terminology

493

(1)

Overview of Career Development Functions

494

(8)

Organizational Career Patterns

499

(3)

Selected Functions of Career Development Specialists

502

(8)

Working with Plateaued Workers

502

(1)

Training and Education Programs

503

(1)

Mentoring

503

(3)

Career Ladders

506

(1)

Wellness Programs

507

(1)

Outplacement Counseling

508

(1)

Retirement Planning

508

(1)

Employee Assistance Programs

509

(1)

The Career Counselor in the Organization

510

(4)

Examples of Career Programs

512

(1)

Issues and Needed Research

513

(1)

Summary

514

(1)

CHAPTER 12 SPECIAL ADULT CAREER CONCERNS

515

(24)

Factors Underlying Counseling Adults

517

(3)

Characteristics of the Population

517

(1)

Planning Considerations

518

(2)

Career Counseling Techniques

520

(1)

Midcareer Changers

520

(5)

Reasons for Change

521

(2)

Those Who Change

523

(1)

Counseling Midcareer Shifters

524

(1)

Women Entering or Reentering the Labor Force

525

(4)

Career Patterns

525

(1)

Reasons for Returning to a Career

526

(2)

Counseling Reentry Women

528

(1)

The Older Worker

529

(4)

Attitudinal and Development Factors

531

(1)

Reducing the Negative Effect of Ageism

532

(1)

Counseling the Older Worker

532

(1)

Preretirement and Retirement

533

(5)

Attitudes toward the Aged

534

(1)

Adjustment to Retirement

534

(1)

Counseling for Preretirement and Retirement

535

(3)

Summary

538

(1)

CHAPTER 13 HELPING STRATEGIES IN CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

539

(28)

Individual Counseling

540

(23)

Definition

540

(5)

A Broad View of Career Counseling

545

(1)

The Counselor and the Counselee's Internal Frame of Reference

546

(5)

Outcomes of Career Counseling

551

(3)

Decision Making

554

(9)

Group Processes

563

(3)

Rationale

563

(1)

Characteristics of the Group

563

(1)

Uses of Groups

564

(2)

Summary

566

(1)

CHAPTER 14 INFORMATION IN CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

567

(24)

Principles for Using Information Effectively

568

(5)

Motivation

568

(2)

Evaluation of Information

570

(1)

Use of Information

571

(2)

Types of Delivery Systems

573

(17)

Printed Matter

574

(1)

Acquisition of Information

574

(3)

Media Approaches

577

(1)

Interview Approaches

577

(1)

Simulation Approaches

578

(1)

Field Trips

579

(1)

Formal Curriculum Approach

580

(1)

Direct Experience

580

(1)

Computers

580

(5)

The Internet

585

(4)

Career Centers

589

(1)

Summary

590

(1)

CHAPTER 15 ASSESSMENT IN CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

591

(28)

Prediction

592

(11)

Clinical versus Statistical Prediction

592

(1)

Validity of Aptitude Tests for Career Guidance

592

(3)

Appraisal and Career Guidance: Disillusionment

595

(1)

Computer-Assisted Testing

596

(1)

Test Interpretation

597

(3)

Types of Aptitude Tests

600

(3)

Discriminant Analysis

603

(7)

Interests

603

(3)

Interest Inventories

606

(4)

Monitoring

610

(7)

Career Maturity and Adaptability

610

(1)

Career Maturity Measures

611

(1)

Work Values and Personality Instruments

612

(2)

Personality and Other Career Assessment Devices

614

(1)

Other Career-Related Instruments

614

(2)

Job Satisfaction Measures

616

(1)

Evaluation

617

(1)

Summary

618

(1)

CHAPTER 16 RESEARCH AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

619

(26)

Perspectives on Career Development Research

621

(19)

Search for Acceptable Methodology

621

(4)

Qualitative Approaches to the Treatment of Career Data

625

(2)

Character of Career Development Theory

627

(5)

Effects of Cultural Factors

632

(1)

Cross-Cultural Information

632

(4)

Awareness of Cost-Benefit Effects

636

(1)

Developing Measures of Career Development

636

(2)

Advances in Occupational Information in Relation to Career Decision Making

638

(1)

The Question of Work Values

639

(1)

The Question of Counselor Characteristics

640

(1)

Research for the Future: Summary Reviews of Research Needs

640

(4)

Summary

644

(1)

REFERENCES

645

(90)

AUTHOR INDEX

735

(21)

SUBJECT INDEX

756

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Career Guidance and Counseling Through the Lifespan Systematic Approaches

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