The Theory and Practice of Vocational Guidance

Foreword

Preface

Part I. Theory

Introduction

Section 1. Theories of Vocational Choice and Decision-making


1. A Theory of Vocational Development


2. A Model for the Translation of Self Concepts into Vocational Terms


3. A Theory of Vocational Choice


4. Decision and Vocational Adjustment: A Paradigm and Its Implications


5. Occupational Choice: A Conceptual Framework


6. Vocational Choice and Utility for Risk


7. Career Decision-Making


8. Vocational Development: Ten Propositions in Search of a Theory

Section 2. The Home and the School


9. Social Factors in Vocational Development


10. Some Psychological Aspects of Inter-Generation Occupational Mobility


11. Early Determinants of Vocational Choice


12. Sibling Associations and Role Involvement

Section 3. The Transition From School to Work


13. Youth and Work: Problems and Perspectives


14. The Entry of School Leavers into Employment


15. Young Workers in their First Jobs: An Investigation of Attitudes to Work and their Correlates

Section 4. The Work Experience


16. Concepts of Work


17. The Criteria of Vocational Success


18. The Meaning of Work and Jobs


19. A Theory of Work Adjustment


20. Job Satisfaction: Issues and Problems

Part II Practice

Introduction

Section 5. The Aims of Guidance


22. L.O. Recommendation (No. 87) Concerning Vocational Guidance


22. Guidance: Remedial Function or Social Reconstruction?


23. Issues in Counseling: Elusive and Illusional


24. Needed Counselor Competencies in Vocational Aspects of Counseling and Guidance


25. What Will the School Counselor Do?

Section 6. Guidance in Practice


26. Twenty-Five Years of Research in Vocational Guidance


27. The Seven Point Plan


28. An Occupational Classification for Use in Vocational Guidance


29. The Functions and Forms of Occupational Visits


30. Vocational Guidance for the Unscholarly Child


31. Autocount: A Computer-based Automated Counseling Simulation System

Section 7. Occupational Information


32. Functions of Occupational Information in Counseling


33. The Role of Occupational Information in Careers Guidance


34. Psycho-Social Aspects of Work: A Critique of Occupational Information

Section 8. The Use of Psychological Tests in Vocational Guidance


35. Key Concepts in the Use of Tests in Vocational Guidance


36. A Framework for the Improvement of Test Interpretation in Counseling

Author Index

Subject-Index