Career Development and Counseling Upplaga 1

Praise for "Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work, Second Edition""This volume is an essential resource for the library of anyone interested in the field of career development, assessment, and counseling and should also prove invaluable for graduate students interested in immersing themselves in some of the best work being done today in the field of career development and counseling."--Nancy E. Betz, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University"In this second edition, Drs. Brown and Lent continue to shape career development discourse and illustrate the ongoing significance of the fields of career development and counseling in the twenty-first century. This edition will help both researchers and practitioners alike to better understand, investigate, and promote the role of work in people's lives."--Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-MadisonComplete coverage of leading career theories and practicesFilled with the latest empirical and practical evidence, this new edition features: A new introductory chapter that defines and discusses the importance of career counseling in the twenty-first century, and offers a brief history of the fieldNew chapters on gender, race/ethnicity, social class and poverty, sexual minority identity, disability status, personality, and relational factorsMajor theories of career developmentCoverage of the assessment of important career constructs and occupational information systemsInterventions for working with career issues across the life spanEdited by two of the leaders in the field of career development, and featuring contributions by many of the most well-regarded specialists in the field, "Career Development and Counseling, Second Edition" is the one book that every career counselor, vocational psychologist, and student of career development and counseling must have.