Work Careers: A Developmental PerspectiveISBN: 978-0-7879-5916-6
Hardcover
416 pages
October 2002, Pfeiffer
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Foreword xi
Neal Schmitt
Preface xv
The Contributors xix
Part One: Foundations of Career Development
1 Stability in the Midst of Change: A Developmental Perspective on the Study of Careers 3
Daniel C. Feldman
2 More than the Big Five: Personality and Careers 27
Jill C. Bradley, Arthur P. Brief, Jennifer M. George
3 Skill Acquisition and Person-Environment Fit 63
Cheri Ostroff, Yuhyung Shin, Barbara Feinberg
Part Two: 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 93
Daniel C. Feldman
5 The School-to-Work Transition 126
Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison
6 The Establishment Years: A Dependence Perspective 159
Terri A. Scandura
7 Career Development in Midcareer 186
Harvey L. Sterns, Linda M. Subich
8 Career Issues Facing Older Workers 214
Terry A. Beehr, Nathan A. Bowling
Part Three: The Changing Context of Career Development
9 Public Policy and the Changing Legal Context of Career Development 245
Jon M. Werner
10 The Changing Organizational Context of Careers 274
Carrie R. Leana
11 International Careers as Repositories of Knowledge: A New Look at Expatriation 294
Gregory K. Stephens, Allan Bird, Mark E. Mendenhall
Part Four: Directions for Industrial/Organizational Practice and Research
12 Organizational Assistance in Career Development 323
Manuel London
13 Advancing Research on Work Careers: A Developmental Perspective on Theory Building and Empirical Research 346
Daniel C. Feldman
Name Index 373
Subject Index 385