1st Edition
Contemporary Theories of Career Development International Perspectives
Part I: Career Development Theory: History, Challenges, and Practical Applications
Chapter 1: Career Development Theory: Origins and History
Mary McMahon and Nancy Arthur
Chapter 2: The Reciprocal Relationship of Career Theory and Practice
- Mark Watson
Chapter 3: Stasis and Change: The Paradox in Theories of Career Development
- Wendy Patton
Part II: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter 4: Social Cognitive Career Theory: Empirical Evidence and Cross-Cultural Applications
- Hung-Bin Sheu and Laura Phrasavath
Chapter 5: Cognitive Information Processing Theory: Applications of an Empirically-Based Theory and Interventions to Diverse Populations
- Debra Osborn, Emily Bullock-Yowell, Casey Dozier, Gary Peterson, Denise
Saunders, Jim Sampson
Chapter 6: Contextual Action Theory: Concepts, Processes, and Examples
- Richard Young and José Domene
Chapter 7: Career Construction for Life Design: Practice and Theory
- Paul Hartung and Logan Vess
Chapter 8: The Systems Theory Framework of Career Development: Accommodating Context, Complexity and Culture
- Mary McMahon and Wendy Patton
Chapter 9: The Living Systems Theory of Vocational Behaviour and Development
- Fred Vondracek and Donald Ford
Chapter 10: Careers as Fractal Patterns: The Chaos Theory of Careers Perspective
- Robert Pryor and Jim Bright
Chapter 11: The Psychology of Working Theory: A Transformative Perspective for a Challenging Era
- David Blustein, Ryan D. Duffy, Maureen E. Kenny, Ellen Gutowski, Aj Diamonti
Chapter 12: Choice or Constraint? Sociological Career Theory
- Jenny Bimrose
Chapter 13: Career Development Theory and Practice: A Culture-Infused Perspective
- Nancy Arthur
Chapter 14: The Cultural Preparedness Framework: Equilibrium and its Alteration
- Gideon Arulmani
Chapter 15: Career Development: Insights from Organization Theory
- Hugh Gunz and Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Chapter 16: Counseling/Psychotherapy: A Vocational Perspective for Psychotherapy
- Mary Sue Richardson
Part III: Implications for Theory and Practice: Moving the Field Forward
Chapter 17: Contemporary Career Development Theories: Expanding International Perspectives
- Nancy Arthur and Mary McMahon
Biography
Nancy Arthur is a Professor in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.
Mary McMahon is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia.
