Methodological Approaches to the Study of Career

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Table and Figures vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• Part I Issues 1
• 1 Issues in Career Research 3
• Part Ii Methodological Approaches 23
• 2 Supplementing Differential Research in Vocational Psychology Using Nontraditional Methods 25
• 3 A Developmental-Contextual Approach to Career Development Research 37
• 4 Biographical-Hermeneutical Approaches to the Study Of Career Development 57
• 5 Narrative as a Paradigm For Career Research 71
• 6 Action Theory Approaches To Career Research 87
• 7 A Theory of Goal-Directed Action in Career Analysis 107
• 8: Field Research And Career Education 127
• Part Iii Career Research Studies 145

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Table and Figures vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• Part I Issues 1
• 1 Issues in Career Research 3
• Part Ii Methodological Approaches 23
• 2 Supplementing Differential Research in Vocational Psychology Using Nontraditional Methods 25
• 3 A Developmental-Contextual Approach to Career Development Research 37
• 4 Biographical-Hermeneutical Approaches to the Study Of Career Development 57
• 5 Narrative as a Paradigm For Career Research 71
• 6 Action Theory Approaches To Career Research 87
• 7 A Theory of Goal-Directed Action in Career Analysis 107
• 8: Field Research And Career Education 127
• Part Iii Career Research Studies 145
• 9 Parental Influences On Career Development: A Research Perspective 147
• 10 Help Seeking and Coping With Unemployment 163
• 11 New Challenges For Career Development: Methodological Implications 185
• 12 Mid-Life Career Change Research 197
• Appendix 208
• 13 The Politics of Methodological Decisions: How Social Policy And Feminism Affect the Study of Careers 235
• Selected Bibliography 245
• Name Index 251
• Index 261
• About the Editors and Contributors 265