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Patton, Wendy; McMahon, Mary – 1999
This book uses General Systems Theory to unify approaches to career development. Part 1 presents a review of existing theoretical literature. Chapter 1 discusses overall content and structure of the existing state of career theory. Chapters 2-4 introduce theories focusing on content; on the process of career development; and on content and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Counselor Training
Oliver, Robert – 1981
This book discusses career unrest (defined as a sense of dissatisfaction associated with one's work), as a potential source of creativity. In the first of three parts, the author's point of view on career unrest is presented. Following a question and answer introduction to career unrest, the problem and the opportunity it presents are discussed.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Creativity, Economic Factors, Job Satisfaction
Eiduson, Bernice T., Ed.; Beckman, Linda, Ed. – 1973
This volume presents a compilation of more than 70 studies on the prospective scientist and his career. These studies range from childhood, family influence, and academic experiences, to the intellectual and personality traits which have been examined in the past as precursors to choosing science as adult work. The mechanisms involved in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Case Studies, Educational Research
Walz, Garry R., Ed.; Knowdell, Richard, Ed.; Kirkman, Chris, Ed. – 2002
This book seeks to broaden the dissemination of the ideas presented at the 2002 International Career Development Conference to the international career development community. Included are 24 papers by major presenters, with a diversity of papers ranging from school guidance interventions to major corporate career development programs. Chapters…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Conferences, Counseling Techniques
Enwall, Beverly M.; Fabal, Carolyn O. – 1998
For women, the corporate world of education should offer a natural field for professional advancement, but frequently this is not the case. Some of the reasons behind this situation and what women can do to advance in leadership roles in education are explored in this text. Chapter 2 examines the corporate world of education and the dramatic…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Development, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Jacobsen, Mary H. – 1999
This book concentrates on ways in which families influence their children's careers, especially on the barriers families may wittingly or unwittingly construct on the children's path toward satisfying work lives. The book is divided into five parts, each of which builds upon the previous ones. The chapters in Part One define what hand-me-down…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
Blaxter, Loraine; Tight, Malcolm; Hughes, Christina – 1998
This book is a guide to the strategies, opportunities, and practicalities of developing an academic career within the British higher education system. Following an introductory chapter, the first three chapters discuss the nature and development of academic careers, while the remaining five chapters examine different academic roles or tasks. The…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development
Humes, Charles W. – 1987
This book was written to serve as a basic text in courses that overview the use of counseling services and to serve as a useful reference for counseling practitioners. It is designed to stress counseling services in different settings (social agencies, mental health centers, schools, business/industry, correctional institutions, and private…
Descriptors: Career Development, Consultation Programs, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques
Smelser, Neil J. – 1993
This book contains analysis of and advice about work on committees in institutions of higher education. Chapter 1 is an orienting chapter, revealing what kind of creature a committee is; what it does in, for, and against the organizations in which it is embedded; and what the major kinds of committees are. Subsequent chapters deal with: (1) the…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Development, College Faculty, Committees
Cheit, Earl F. – 1975
For well over a hundred years, the traditional academic disciplines have been coexisting somewhat restlessly with an array of professional schools that not only are relative newcomers to the campus scene but also are concerned with teaching young people how to do things as well as to think and understand. The schools for four of these useful…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Career Development, Educational Methods
ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Arbor, MI. – 1974
This document, prepared as readings for a workshop, contains summaries of exemplary programs and/or practices which relate to Career Development and Planning. Each summary is divided into subsections, such as: background of the project, objectives, procedures, general format, specific exercises, program evaluation, analysis of outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Books, Career Development, Career Planning, Counseling Services
Gysbers, Norman C., Ed.; And Others – 1973
The document, part of the "Career Survival Skills Kit," is an attempt to provide the elementary school counselor with material relating to vocational development and the early school years. The introduction considers career development as a new challenge for elementary education and discusses a career development instructional model. The…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Counselor Role
Hermon School Dept., ME. – 1972
This document reviews an attempt to provide a career awareness and guidance program specifically for female high school students. Groundwork was laid for the utilization of student aids in the guidance program. "Project Women" established and carried out the following objectives: (1) the identification of the career interests of 10th and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Opportunities, Counseling
Potts, Anthony – 1997
This study examined the career development experiences of 33 college professors from the schools of business, science, engineering, and arts at Bendigo College of Advanced Education (Australia). The time frame was 1965 through 1989, which encompassed a period of strong growth in the whole higher education system followed by a period of drastic…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Bourner, Tom; And Others – 1991
A questionnaire survey sought to determine the characteristics of part-time university students in Great Britain, the reasons why they choose part-time study, the difficulties they encounter, the extent and incidence of non-completion, and to identify examples of "good practice" in the provision and management of part-time degree…
Descriptors: Career Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
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