International Handbook of Career Guidance (eBook)

INTRODUCTION; Raoul Van Esbroeck & James A. Athanasou.- PART 1 - EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT.- 2. Career guidance in a global world; Raoul Van Esbroeck.- 3. Social Contexts for Career Guidance throughout the World; Edwin L. Herr.- 4. Landscape with Travellers: The Context of Careers in Developed Nations; Kerr Inkson & Graham Elkin.- PART 2 - THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS.- 5. Helping People Choose Jobs: A History of the Guidance Profession; Mark L. Savickas.- 6. The Big Five Career Theories; S. Alvin Leung.- 7. Recent developments in career theories: The influences of constructivism and convergence; Wendy Patton.- 8. Helping People Choose Jobs: A History of the Guidance Profession. Decision-Making Models and Career Guidance; Itamar Gati and Shiri Tal.- 9. A Constructivist Approach to Ethically Grounded Vocational Development Interventions for Young People; Jean Guichard & Bernadette Dumora.- 10. Social Contexts for Career Guidance throughout the World. Developmental-Contextual Perspectives on Career across the Lifespan; Fred W. Vondracek & Erik J. Porfeli.- 11. Theories in Cross-Cultural Contexts; Frederick T. L. Leong & Arpana Gupta.- PART 3 - EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE IN PRACTICE.- 12. Career Guidance and Counselling in Primary and Secondary Educational Settings; Norman C. Gysbers.- 13. On the Shop Floor: Guidance in the Workplace; Peter Plant. 14. Career Management: Taking Control of the Quality of Work Experiences; Annelies E.M. Van Vianen, Irene E. De Pater & Paul T. Y. Preenen.- 15. Qualification Standards for Career Practitioners; Nancy Arthur.- 16. The Emergence of More Dynamic Counselling Methods; Norman Amundson & Erin Thrift.- 17. Career Guidance and Public Policy; A.G. Watts.- 18. Training Career Practitioners in the 21st Century; Spencer G. Niles & Azra Karajic.- PART 4 - EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE WITH SPECIFIC TARGET GROUPS.- 19. Guidance for Girls and Women; Jenny Bimrose.- 20. Career Guidance for Persons with Disabilities; Salvatore Soresi, Laura Nota, Lea Ferrari & V. Scott Solberg.- 21. Career Guidance with Immigrants; Charles P. Chen.- 22. Coping with Work and Family Role Conflict: Career Counselling Considerations for Women; Charles P. Chen.- 23. Career Guidance for Young People: Constructing a Way Forward; Hazel L Reid.- PART 5 - TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE.- 24. Testing and assessment in an international context: cross-and multi-cultural issues; M. Eduarda Duarte & Jérôme Rossier.- 25. Career maturity assessment in an international context; Mark B. Watson.- 26. Interest assessment in an international context; Terence J. G. Tracey & Saurabh Gupta.- 27. Assessment of Values and Role Salience; Branimir Šverko, Toni Babarovic & Iva Šverko.- 28. Cognitive Measurement in Career Guidance; Jacques Grégoire & Frederic Nils.- 29. Qualitative Career Assessment: A higher profile in the 21st century?; Mary McMahon.- 30. Ethical Issues in Testing and Assessment; Donna E. Palladino Schultheiss & Graham B. Stead.- PART 6 - EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE.- 31. Quantitative Research Synthesis: The Use of Meta-Analysis in Career Guidance and Vocational Psychology; Paul A. Gore, Jr. & Takuya Minami.- 32. Action theory: An integrative paradigm for research and evaluation in career; Richard A. Young & Ladislav Valach.- 33. Using Longitudinal Methodology in Career Guidance Research; Jane L. Swanson & Sarah A. Miller.- 34. Evaluation of Career Guidance Programs; Susan C. Whiston & Ilene M. Buck.- 35. CONCLUSION: An international and social perspective on career guidance; James A. Athanasou & Raoul Van Esbroeck.- NAME INDEX.- SUBJECT INDEX.