Vocational psychological and organisational perspectives on career : : towards a multidisciplinary dialogue / / edited by Audrey Collin and Wendy Patton.

• Superior document: Career Development Series ; Volume 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Collin, Audrey,; Patton, Wendy, 1957-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; 2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Career development series ; Volume 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

It has long been lamented that, although several disciplines contribute to career scholarship, they work in isolation from one another, thus denying career theory, research, and practice the benefits that multidisciplinary collaboration would bring. This constitutes a lost opportunity at a time when new understandings and approaches are needed in order to respond effectively to global changes in society and work. This book takes a major step towards remedying this situation by bringing together two key perspectives on career, the vocational psychological and the organisational (interpreted broadly to include organisation behaviour and human resource management). Written by international experts, the book opens by identifying some of the “tributaries” that flow into the “great delta of careers scholarship”, and noting the need to link what are at present separate “islands” of scholarship. It is structured to allow comparison between the ways in which the two perspectives address career development and career management theory, research and interventions. It concludes by pointing to the possibilities for dialogue, and even collaboration, between these perspectives, and suggesting ways in which these could be brought about. The book will be essential reading for career scholars because, with its potential to stimulate new thinking and developments in theory and research and also, importantly, in practice (with beneficial spin-offs for policy-makers), this dialogue could open a new phase in career scholarship. With its overviews of the history, theory, research and practice of both perspectives, the book will also be a valuable resource for students of both perspectives.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Audrey Collin and Wendy Patton -- One step towards realising the multidisciplinarity of career studies / Audrey Collin -- The two solitudes: The vocational psychological/organisational gap, as seen from the organisational perspective / Hugh Gunz -- Divergent views of career: Vocational and organisational perspectives, as seen through the lens of vocational psychology / Fred W. Vondracek and Erik J. Porfeli -- Career development, planning, and management from the organisational perspective / Peter Creed and Michelle Hood -- Career development, management, and planning from the vocational psychology perspective / Peter McIlveen -- Research into career development from the organisational perspective / Kate Mackenzie Davey -- Research on career development in vocational psychology / Vladimir Skorikov -- Career planning and management interventions from the organisational perspective / Yehuda Baruch -- Career development interventions within a vocational psychology framework: Toward support for lifelong career decision-making / Wendy Patton -- Integrative and transdisciplinary approaches to vocational psychological and organisational perspectives / Kerr Inkson -- Long live the organisational career / Douglas T. Hall and Mireia las Heras -- Revitalising vocational psychology and energising the study of career: A way forward / Mark L. Savickas -- Towards dialogue and beyond / Audrey Collin and Wendy Patton -- Subject index / Audrey Collin and Wendy Patton -- Author index / Audrey Collin and Wendy Patton.