Career development and systems theory : connecting theory and practice / by Wendy Patton and Mary McMahon.

ISBN:

9789462096356

9789462096332

9789462096349

Title:

Career development and systems theory : connecting theory and practice / by Wendy Patton and Mary McMahon.

Author:

Patton, Wendy, 1957- author.

Personal Author:

Patton, Wendy, 1957- author.

Edition:

3rd edition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 476 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Career development series ; volume 6

Contents:

PREFACE; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; WENDY PATTON; MARY MCMAHON; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; PART 1: REVIEW OF EXISTING THEORIES; CHAPTER 1: RATIONALE FOR A SYSTEMS THEORY PERSPECTIVE; DEFINITIONS; The Meaning of 'Career'; Career Development; BRIEF HISTORY OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY; THE STRUCTURE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORY; Theories of Content; Theories of Process; Theories of Content and Process; Wider Explanations; Constructivist/Social Constructionist Approaches; Issues Related to Categorisation

Philosophical Underpinnings of Our Understandings of CareerApplying Systems Theory to Career Development; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 2: THEORIES FOCUSING ON CONTENT; THE WORK OF FRANK PARSONS; DIFFERENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY; Trait and Factor Theory; Limitations and Criticisms of Trait and Factor Theory; Five Factor Model of Personality; Person-Environment Fit; Holland's Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments; Theory of Work Adjustment; BORDIN'S PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL OF CAREER CHOICE; BROWN'S VALUES-BASED THEORY; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEORIES OF CONTENT; Self-knowledge

Work EnvironmentPerson-environment Fit; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3: THEORIES FOCUSING ON PROCESS; THE WORK OF GINZBERG AND COLLEAGUES; SUPER'S LIFE-SPAN, LIFE-SPACE APPROACH; Propositions; Self; Life-span and Life-space; CAREER CONSTRUCTION: A DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOUR; INDIVIDUALISTIC APPROACH; GOTTFREDSON'S CIRCUMSCRIPTION AND COMPROMISE THEORY; Cognitive Growth; Self-creation; Circumscription; Compromise; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEORIES; CHAPTER 4: THEORIES FOCUSING ON CONTENT AND PROCESS; KRUMBOLTZ'S SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY OF CAREER DECISION-MAKING (SLTCDM)

SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORYInterests; Career Choice; Career-related Performance; COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL-CONTEXTUAL APPROACH; ROE'S THEORY OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER CHOICE; A CONTEXTUALIST ACTION THEORY EXPLANATION OF CAREER; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEORIES; Individual Content Influences; Context Influences; Process Influences; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 5: COMPARISON OF THE CURRENT THEORIES; THE INDIVIDUAL; THE CONTEXT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT; PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES; DECISION-MAKING; CHANCE

INTERACTION PROCESSCONCLUSION; CHAPTER 6: THEORIES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT: WIDER EXPLANATIONS; WOMEN'S CAREER DEVELOPMENT; Understandings and Definitions of Career for Women; Issues in Women's Careers; THEORIES RELATED TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN; Specific Theories for Women; Adaptation of Traditional Theories; Comprehensive Theories Applicable to Women and Men; Specific Models Focusing on Individual Differences; Sociocognitive Models; Ecological or Systems Approaches; Women's Career Development -- Relational and Cultural Theories; Summary; THEORIES RELATED TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS

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Subject Term:

Career development.

Vocational guidance.

Geographic Term:

Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Added Author:

McMahon, Mary, 1955-

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

Rotterdam, The Netherlands :

Sense Publishers,

[2014]

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Summary

Career Development and Systems Theory: Connecting Theory and Practice offers practitioners, researchers and students a comprehensive introduction to, and overview of, career theory; introduces the Systems Theory Framework of career development; and demonstrates its considerable contemporary and innovative application to practice. A number of authors have identified the framework as one of a small number of significant innovations in the career development literature. The Systems Theory Framework of career development was developed to provide coherence to the career development field by providing a comprehensive conceptualisation of the many existing theories and concepts relevant to understanding career development. It is not designed to be a theory of career development; rather systems theory is introduced as the basis for an overarching, or metatheoretical, framework within which all concepts of career development, described in the plethora of career theories, can be usefully positioned and utilised in both theory and practice. It has been applied to the career development of children, adolescents and women. Since its first publication, the Systems Theory Framework has been the basis of numerous publications focusing on theoretical application and integration, practice and research, with a growing number of these by authors other than the framework developers. Its application across cultures also has been emphasised. The theoretical and practical unity of the Systems Theory Framework makes this book a worthy addition to the professional libraries of practitioners, researchers and students, new to, or experienced in, the field of career development.