Handbook of Career Development - International Perspectives (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)

This book is focused on work, occupation and career development: themes that are fundamental to a wide range of human activities and relevant across all cultures. Yet theorizing and model building about this most ubiquitous of human activities from international perspectives have not been vigorous. An examination of the literature pertaining to career development, counseling and guidance that has developed over the last fifty years reveals theorizing and model building have been largely dominated by Western epistemologies, some of the largest workforces in the world are in the developing world. Career guidance is rapidly emerging as a strongly felt need in these contexts. If more relevant models are to be developed, frameworks from other cultures and economies must be recognized as providing constructs that would offer a deeper understanding of career development. This does not mean that existing ideas are to be discarded. Instead, an integrative approach that blends universal principles with particular needs could offer a framework for theorizing, research and practice that has wider relevance. The central objective of this handbook is to draw the wisdom and experiences of different cultures together to consider both universal and specific principles for career guidance and counseling that are socially and economically relevant to contemporary challenges and issues. This book is focused on extending existing concepts to broader contexts as well as introducing new concepts relevant to the discipline of career guidance and counseling.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International and Cultural Psychology
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Gideon Arulmani • Anuradha J. Bakshi • Frederick T.L. Leong • A. G Watts
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 48mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	771
Edition:	2014 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-9459-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Occupational & industrial psychology
LSN:	1-4614-9459-1
Barcode:	9781461494591

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