Career Theory and Practice

Jane L. Swanson, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she served as Chair of the Department of Psychology and Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.  She received her PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1986.  She is a Fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association and has served as Chair of the Society for Vocational Psychology and on the boards of the Society of Counseling Psychology and the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling.  Dr. Swanson has served on several journal editorial boards and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior.  She has published extensively on topics related to career and vocational psychology, such as career assessment, career barriers, measurement of vocational interests, and career interventions.  Dr. Swanson is also an experienced career counselor and facilitator, including founding and directing a university career counseling agency, developing and delivering career interventions for high school students, and training and supervising career counselors.Nadya A. Fouad, PhD, ABPP, is the Mary and Ted Kellner Endowed Chair of Educational Psychology and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She received her Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1984. Her primary areas of interest are career development and career choices of women and of racial and ethnic minorities; cross-cultural vocational assessment; interest measurement; cross-cultural counseling; race and ethnicity, and competencies in training.  Dr. Fouad is the editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior.  She is a past editor of the Counseling Psychologist, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Career Assessment, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and Career Development Quarterly. She currently serves on the National Academy of Engineering’s Workforce Development Workgroup.  Dr. Fouad is past president of The Society of Counseling Psychology (17) of the American Psychological Association, past chair of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs, past chair of the Board of Educational Affairs of the American Psychological Association, and is past Chair of the APA Ethics Committee.   She is the 2017 recipient of the Leona Tyler Award for Lifetime of Achievement in Counseling Psychology, the 2014 Society of Vocational Psychology Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2013 Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2010 Paul Nelson Award, the 2009 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, the 2009 Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring & Scholarship, and the 2003 APA Division 17 John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research.

"The use of a client throughout the textbook sets Career Theory and Practice apart from other books. It fosters in-depth exploration into the application of theories and concepts of career counseling. It also hits on critical student learning, including understanding the current trends in work and its intersection with multiple populations. It educates students how to approach clients in a culturally responsive manner to maximize client outcomes."

• List of Tables and FiguresList of Additional CasesAcknowledgmentsPART I • FOUNDATIONSChapter 1 • Career Counseling: An OverviewPurpose of the BookWork and Career CounselingChanging World of WorkDefinition and Types of TheoriesClarifying Distinctions Between Theories and Theoretical OrientationsDeveloping Hypotheses and a “Working Model” of the ClientOrganization of the BookSummaryChapter 2 • Ethics for Career ProfessionalsNCDA (2015) Code of EthicsEthical Decision MakingEthical VignettesChapter 3 • Career Interventions in Different SettingsCareer Interventions in SchoolsCareer Interventions in Higher EducationCareer Interventions in Community SettingsProfessional ChallengesChapter 4 • Cultural Contexts and Career CounselingCulturally Responsive Career CounselingFouad and Kantamneni’s Three-Dimensional ModelPractical ImplicationsMulticultural Career Counseling TenetsAdditional CasesChapter 5 • The Case of LesliePresenting IssueCareer and Work HistoryFamily InformationMarital InformationLeslie’s Expectations for Career CounselingInitial Impressions of LeslieConceptualizing Leslie from Various Theoretical ApproachesChapter 6 • Testing and AssessmentThe Use of Assessment in Career CounselingSelection of AssessmentTypes of AssessmentAssessment of Other ConstructsOther Types of AssessmentInterpreting Career AssessmentLeslie’s Assessment InformationWorking With Leslie’s Case and Assessment InformationPART II • THEORIESChapter 7 • Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work EnvironmentsIntroductory ReviewApplying Holland’s TheoryDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 8 • The Theory of Work AdjustmentIntroductory ReviewApplying the Theory of Work AdjustmentDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 9 • Super’s Developmental TheoryIntroductory ReviewApplying Developmental TheoryDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 10 • Gottfredson’s Theory of Circumscription and CompromiseIntroductory ReviewApplying Gottfredson’s TheoryDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 11 • Social Cognitive Career TheoryIntroductory ReviewApplying Social Cognitive Career TheoryDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 12 • Career Construction Theory and Life Designing ParadigmIntroductory ReviewDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 13 • Psychology of Working TheoryChanging Assumptions About Work/CareerIntroductory ReviewApplying Psychology of Working TheoryDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesPART III • APPLICATIONSChapter 14 • Information About the World of WorkClassification SystemsSources of Occupational InformationHow to Use Occupational Information in CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 15 • The Intersection of Career and Noncareer IssuesCareer and Noncareer IssuesImplications for Career CounselingApplying Career–Noncareer FrameworksDirections and Implications for Career CounselingAdditional CasesChapter 16 • Summary and IntegrationSummary and Comparison of the TheoriesIntegrating Theoretical PerspectivesThe Case of GeorgeSummaryThe Case of TomThe Case of SharonEvaluation of the Major TheoriesRevisiting Counselor CognitionsParting WordsReferencesIndexAbout the Authors