Work careers : a developmental Perspective / Daniel C. Feldman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feldman, Daniel C.

Series:

Organizational frontiers series

The organizational frontiers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Career development.

Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2002]

Summary:

"Work Careers" brings together a stellar panel of experts from the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, counseling and clinical psychology, social psychology, organizational behavior, and human resource management. This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of how an individual's career unfolds from early childhood through retirement. Based on the most recent findings and current research, the volume also focuses on changes in the societal and organizational contexts of career development and reveals how context shapes and constrains individual career decisions.

Contents:

Part 1 Foundations of Career Development

1 Stability in the Midst of Change: A Developmental Perspective on the Study of Careers / Daniel C. Feldman 3

2 More Than the Big Five: Personality and Careers / Jill C. Bradley, Arthur P. Brief, Jennifer M. George 27

3 Skill Acquisition and Person-Environment Fit / Cheri Ostroff, Yuhyung Shin, Barbara Feinberg 63

Part 2 Career Development Across the Life Span

4 When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It: Career Indecision and Vocational Choices of Teenagers and Young Adults / Daniel C. Feldman 93

5 The School-to-Work Transition / Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison 126

6 The Establishment Years: A Dependence Perspective / Terri A. Scandura 159

7 Career Development in Midcareer / Harvey L. Sterns, Linda M. Subich 186

8 Career Issues Facing Older Workers / Terry A. Beehr, Nathan A. Bowling 214

Part 3 The Changing Context of Career Development

9 Public Policy and the Changing Legal Context of Career Development / Jon M. Werner 245

10 The Changing Organizational Context of Careers / Carrie R. Leana 274

11 International Careers as Repositories of Knowledge: A New Look at Expatriation / Gregory K. Stephens, Allan Bird, Mark E. Mendenhall 294

Part 4 Directions for Industrial/Organizational Practice and Research

12 Organizational Assistance in Career Development / Manuel London 323

13 Advancing Research on Work Careers: A Developmental Perspective on Theory Building and Empirical Research / Daniel C. Feldman 346.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0787959162

OCLC:

49977829