Handbook of Career Studies

Hugh P. Gunz, Maury Peiperl

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9780761930396
• eBook ISBN: 9781452261614
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Ethics
• Index: Business

The Handbook of Career Studies brings together,  for the first time in a single work, a comprehensive scholarly treatment of the major topics within the growing field of career studies. Drawing on the expertise of leading international scholars in each area of career studies, editors Hugh Gunz and Maury Peiperl have assembled a consummate set of writings, defining the field with a breadth of coverage and integration of topics not found elsewhere. From a view of the history of the field and a map of its elements to a set of essays about the future of careers and work, this volume provides the most complete reference available on the role of work careers in individual lives, institutions, and industries.

Key Features

• Offers a comprehensive history and structure of the field: Building on previous work done in the discipline, the editors and contributors take a fresh look at the origins and current structure of career studies.

• Presents the most complete review of research available: An unparalleled set of prominent global contributors describes the state of work in their areas of expertise as well as offering a glimpse at future trends.

• Extends subject area knowledge to other disciplines: By linking career studies to a wider set of disciplines through critical essays, this volume thoroughly explores future directions for career research, policy, and practice.

• Includes an endorsement and critical comments on the state of the field: Edgar H. Schein, widely acknowledged as a seminal contributor to the modern field of career studies, provides a Foreword and a critical Afterword.

Intended Audience

This Handbook is an invaluable reference work for students, academics, and researchers in the areas of Careers, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Counseling, Sociology, and Organization Studies as well as for human resource practitioners interested in the state of knowledge of the field.

Table of contents

• COVER
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD: CAREER RESEARCH
• PREFACE
• 1 - INTRODUCTION
• PART I: THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS AND CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE CAREERS FIELD
• 2 - TRACING THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CAREER THEORY IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES
• 3 - TAXONOMY OF CAREER STUDIES
• PART II: MAIN CURRENTS IN THE STUDY OF CAREERS
• SECTION 1: CAREERS AND THE INDIVIDUAL
• 4 - PERSONALITY AND CAREER SUCCESS
• 5 - OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
• 6 - CAREER COUNSELING
• 7 - THE SUBJECTIVE CAREER IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
• 8 - THE INTERSECTION OF WORK AND FAMILY LIVES
• 9 - LATE-CAREER AND RETIREMENT ISSUES
• 10 - ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES AT THE PERIPHERY
• 11 - CUSTOMIZED CAREERS
• SECTION 2: CAREERS IN CONTEXT
• 12 - CONTEXTUAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF CAREERS
• 13 - MENTORING AND DEVELOPMENTAL NETWORKS IN THE NEW CAREER CONTEXT
• 14 - NETWORKS AND IDENTITIES
• 15 - THE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES
• 16 - LIVING TO WORK—WORKING TO LIVE
• 17 - THE INSTITUTIONS OF OUTSIDE HIRING
• 18 - GLOBAL CAREERS
• 19 - CAREER SYSTEMS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS
• 20 - ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY AND INDIVIDUAL CAREERS
• 21 - CAREER PATTERNS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
• 23 - CAREERS ACROSS CULTURES
• 24 - BOUNDARIES IN THE STUDY OF CAREER
• PART III: SYNTHESIS
• 25 - DESIGNING CAREER SYSTEMS
• 26 - CONSIDERING THE DARKER SIDE OF CAREERS
• 27 - CONTINUITY, EMERGENCE, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERGENCE
• 28 - A COMPLEXITY PERSPECTIVE ON INTENTIONAL CHANGE IN CAREERS
• 29 - THE CATALYTIC 1970S
• 30 - CAREER STUDIES
• 31 - TRENDS, PARADOXES, AND SOME DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH IN CAREER STUDIES
• 32 - THE MEANINGS OF CAREER
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX