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Occupational Careers (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Occupational Careers (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Professor Slocum uses the concept of career as the central
integrating idea for a wide range of information about contemporary
work and occupations from current social science research, from
historical sources, and from his own considerable personal
experience and that of his students. This second edition
incorporates much new data and many new approaches that provide
insight or raise significant questions about the validity of
conventional attitudes toward occupational careers. Greater
emphasis is placed on the rapid changes that have taken place in
recent years in attitudes toward work, on the continuing impact of
scientific and technological developments on occupations and work
organizations, on new trends in the demand for academic and
professional personnel, and on the career-related problems of women
and minority groups. In addition, Professor Slocum now presents a
more fully developed overview of the major social and cultural
factors and processes involved in occupational choice, preparation,
and achievement. After introducing the notion of an occupational
career as a sequence of increasingly responsible roles and
discussing the changing contemporary meanings of work, the author
proceeds to analyses of the impact of scientific and technological
change on career planning, the occupational requirements of work
organizations, occupational status levels, the labor force and
employment trends, and recent trends and future prospects in major
occupational categories. Chapters are devoted to detailed
discussions of the characteristics of professional and scientific
occupations, the relationship between education and occupation,
special problems of intergenerational and individual occupational
mobility, and the dynamics of educational and occupational
aspirations and decisions. The final chapter is directed toward the
problems of career choice and planning that are likely to confront
the young adults for whom the book will be especially useful. The
book is brief but comprehensive in coverage, free of jargon and
lucid in expression. It will be an invaluable resource and text for
teachers and vocational counselors dealing with problems of the
sociology of occupations and work and in educational programs
concerned with occupational choice and guidance.
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