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Charles P. Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Optimal Life-Careers
    2013
    Co-Authors: Charles P. Chen, Tatijana Busic
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    This book provides an original research study on the Life-Career development experiences of new and recent immigrant professionals to Canada. Literature addressing Canada’s immigrant professionals has primarily focused on the negative aspects of migration and Life-Career transition, such as barriers, discrimination and underemployment. Surprisingly few studies have explored how, in spite of personal and environmental barriers, some new Canadians have flourished in their new country. The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experiences of immigrant professionals who believe they have successfully transitioned in the Life-Career domains. While recognizing difficulties and roadblocks, the book presents a unique insight in the Career development field. Twenty individuals were interviewed using a grounded theory approach. Analysis revealed that internal and external factors contributed or hindered their Life-Career trajectories. Meaning making, social support and behavioural coping emerged as primary coping strategies. Issues with language and accreditation emerged as significant barriers to Life-Career development. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.

  • Life Career re engagement considerations and implications for counselling people in retirement transition part 2
    Australian journal of career development, 2011
    Co-Authors: Charles P. Chen
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    New ideas and perspectives are needed to form effective counselling strategies and approaches in an effort to promote and enhance the psychological well-being of individuals in retirement transition. This article is the second of two co-published articles. The first, 'Life-Career re-engagement: A new conceptual framework for counselling people in retirement transition', proposed the new conceptual framework of Life-Career re-engagement (LCRE) by expanding on the work of Donald Super (1957, 1990). In this second article, counselling considerations that are guided by and supportive of the concept of LCRE are discussed, along with implications for helping intervention. Three essential factors of retirement transition are considered, the importance of contextualising the experiences of retirees is emphasised and issues around identity, personal interests and Lifelong learning are explored.

  • Life-Career Re-Engagement: A New Conceptual Framework for Counselling People in Retirement Transition-Part 1
    Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
    Co-Authors: Charles P. Chen
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    New ideas and perspectives are needed to form effective counselling strategies and approaches in an effort to promote and enhance the psychological well-being of individuals in retirement transition. This article suggests that counselling in this context can be considered a special helping intervention for Life-Career development aiming at helping clients to explore and to acquire a sense of renewed vocation in the retirement phase of their lives. In keeping with this intent, the article proposes the new conceptual framework of Life-Career re-engagement (LCRE) by expanding on the work of Donald Super (1957, 1990).

  • Career Endeavour: Pursuing a Cross-Cultural Life Transition
    2006
    Co-Authors: Charles P. Chen
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    Contents: Preface Introduction Conceptualizing Life Career interaction Constructing narrative inquiry Individual narratives The general narrative of NWC counsellor trainees Understanding a cross-cultural Life Career transition References Appendix About the author Index.

  • Strengthening Career Human Agency.
    Journal of Counseling & Development, 2006
    Co-Authors: Charles P. Chen
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    Rooted in A. Bandura's (1982, 2001b) social cognitive theory, the notion of human agency has received considerable attention in vocational and Career psychology for the last 2 decades, especially with the recent emergence of social constructivist thinking in the field. This article continues in the same direction. In reviewing the notion of human agency in the broad Life-Career context, the article illustrates and highlights the constructivist philosophy of human intention and action that constitutes the conceptual foundation of Career human agency. Implications for Career counseling are discussed with suggestions for using and enhancing agentic functioning in individuals' Life-Career development.

Anne Marshall - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Life-Career counselling issues for youth in coastal and rural communities. The impact of economic, social and environmental restructuring
    International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2002
    Co-Authors: Anne Marshall
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    The young people in communities affected by economic andsocio-political changes have multiple counselling issues and needs. This paper presents the initial phase findings of a longitudinal research project focused on Life-Career education and counselling support for youth living in small coastal and rural communities in British Columbia, Canada. Increased understanding of these issues willhelp counsellors support these youth and their families.

  • Review of The scales of success: Constructions of Life-Career success of eminent men and women lawyers.
    Canadian Psychology Psychologie canadienne, 2002
    Co-Authors: Anne Marshall
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    SHEELAGH O'DONOVAN-POLTEN The Scales of Success: Constructions of Life-Career Success of Eminent Men and Women Lawyers Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2001, 351 pages (ISBN 0-8020-8392-7, C$24.95, Softcover) Reviewed by ANNE MARSHALL Many writers have posed the question, "What constitutes a successful Life?" Sheelagh O'Donovan-Polten has asked a group of professionals who are themselves seen as successful, to describe what it means to them. Her central research question was "How does a professionally successful, middle-aged Canadian lawyer construct Life-Career success?" An additional important question was "To what degree do such constructions differ by gender?" The author uses the term "Life-Career" to indicate that the scope of her inquiry is broader than simply Career. The organization of the book is similar to a research report. The seven chapters are divided into four parts. Part One provides a rationale for the research, background literature in adult development, Career development, gender issues, and related areas, as well as a description of the inquiry process. Case profiles of the eight participants are presented in Part Two. Part Three includes a description of the 14 data themes, divided into common themes and gender-linked themes. Concluding propositions and implications of the research constitute Part Four. The interview protocols and other research documents are included at the end of the book. Robert Kegan's (1982, 1994) constructive-development model was used as a theoretical frame of reference for the inquiry process. Kegan has described a comprehensive theory of the psychological evolution of meaning-making. He depicts adult development as a hierarchically organized series of alternating periods of stability and transition. Five "evolutionary balances" (1982) or "orders of consciousness" (1994) represent interludes of dynamic development stability, during which assimilation of and accommodation to new experiences proceed in context of a relationship established between the individual and the environment. Yet, each evolutionary balance achieved is only a temporary solution to the Lifelong dialectical struggle between two human yearnings - the desire for social connection and the desire for independence. O'Donovan-Polten adopted a phenomenological approach, employing minimally structured, in-depth interviews with her eight collaborative co-participants. She interviewed four male and four female middle-aged lawyers who were in private practice in the Toronto area. All were considered to be highly successful according to peer judgement and other external criteria. Each was a senior-level partner in their respective law firms, and between 40 and 60 years old. In the first phase of the research, O'Donovan-Polten conducted what she termed a Kegan-style interview, the first part of which "was virtually identical to that prescribed for the Subject-- Object Interview" (p. 22). Six to 24 months later, she followed up with the second phase, Profile Review Interview, in which the co-participant's preliminary profile was checked for accuracy, completeness, and confidentiality. In the third phase, she conducted a comparative and inductive analysis of the categorized and synthesized data. The eight case profiles presented have been personally endorsed by the lawyers, and are interesting to read. Each has slightly different data category labels, reflecting the characteristic voice, including specific vocabulary, of each participant. The four male profiles are presented first, then the four female ones, in order "to render male versus female comparisons all the more explicit and stark" (p. 30). Verbatim quotes from the interviews are included in the profiles. Fourteen themes emerged from the analysis. These themes are presented in a fairly complicated graphic, representing a set of scales. O'DonovanPolten sought an image that could symbolize both the data analysis as well as a vision of human development that was gender- and culture-sensitive. …

  • Possible Selves Mapping: Life-Career Exploration With Young Adolescents
    Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 1999
    Co-Authors: Blythe Shepard, Anne Marshall
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    Possible selves are cognitive manifestations of goals, aspirations, values, and fears. Although relevant to adolescents' exploration of future personal and Career roles, most research and practical application involving possible selves has been with adults. An interview called the Possible Selves Mapping Interview (PSMI) was developed and employed with 42 young adolescents aged 11 to 13. All participants generated at least two hoped-for and two feared selves. Occupational hoped-for and safety feared selves were the most prevalent themes. Only a few gender differences were noted. Implications for counsellors are discussed, including the use of possible selves mapping in personal and Career counselling.

Bernice Mcnair Barnett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Introduction: The Life, Career, and Social Thought of Gerhard Lenski—Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, Leader
    Sociological Theory, 2004
    Co-Authors: Bernice Mcnair Barnett
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    This introduction provides an overview of the Life, Career, and social thought of Gerhard Lenski. Following a preliminary description of Lenski's contributions, this essay is divided into two sections. The first section examines the origins, education, and biographical influences on Lenski as a major social theorist as well as the intellectual foundation of his sociological theories. The second section presents Lenski's work, impact, and legacy and sets the stage for the original essays that are grouped around four of six key areas of Lenski's work, which has had enormous impact on both American and international sociology: (1) teaching sociology; (2) “status crystallization” and “status inconsistency”; (3) sociology of religion and “the religious factor”; (4) social stratification, “power and privilege”; (5) gender stratification in comparative-historical perspective; and (6) ecological-evolutionary theory. While these six areas do not correspond neatly to the progressive phases of Lenski's theory develo...

Paul J. Hartung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • efficacy of a group Career construction intervention with early adolescent youth
    Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2019
    Co-Authors: Sara Santilli, Laura Nota, Paul J. Hartung
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    Abstract Career construction for Life design aims to assist individuals across developmental age periods to anticipate and manage Career transitions. We developed and implemented a group Career construction intervention based on the My Career Story (MCS) workbook and compared it with a traditional Career intervention for fostering Life-Career design among early adolescent youth. Participants (N = 108) were assigned based on convenience to an experimental group (27 girls, 27 boys) or a control group (27 girls, 27 boys). All participants responded pre- and postintervention to measures of Career adaptability, hope and optimism, and resilience and future orientation. Results indicated increased postintervention scores on Career adaptability and future orientation measures for the experimental group but not for the control group. Likewise, moderation analysis revealed post-intervention increases in scores on measures of the concern and control dimensions of Career adaptability for the experimental group only. No significant changes occurred in hope and optimism or resilience scores for either group. Social validity analysis supported participants' perceived efficacy, usefulness, and satisfaction with the Career construction counseling group intervention. The MCS shows promise as a narrative-based intervention to promote particular aspects of youth Life-Career construction. Future research is needed to further examine and support the efficacy of the MCS for this purpose.

  • Barrier or Benefit? Emotion in Life-Career Design
    Journal of Career Assessment, 2011
    Co-Authors: Paul J. Hartung
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    Emotion permeates human Life, yet receives little attention in Career theory and intervention. Long seen as a barrier to avoid, recent conceptual and empirical work indicate that emotion benefits human behavior and development. Advances in the interdisciplinary science of emotion support examining the construct across differential, developmental, and social cognitive Career traditions. The subjective, phenomenological, and socially constructed nature of emotion particularly suits Career theory and intervention’s increasing emphases on postmodernism, constructivism, and social constructionism; implicating emotion as of principal benefit to self-construction in work and other Life domains. In this regard, emotion figures prominently in motivational processes related to early memory narratives within Career construction counseling and the intentionality process of Life— Career design. Considering emotion in Life—Career design may help complement vocational psychology’s long-standing foci on answering questio...

Eila Estola - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.