Developing Self in Work and Career: Concepts, Cases, and Contexts

In this volume, leading scholars and practitioners examine the construct of self through vocational psychology and career development topics centered on theory, assessment, and intervention. Chapters consider predominant theoretical models of career choice and development as well as counseling models rooted in these theoretical models and in contemporary I/O psychology.

The book also examines contextual discussions of gender, culture, and socioeconomic class to investigate how self is constructed in relation to our social world.

Paul J. Hartung, PhD, is a professor of behavioral and community health sciences at Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, and an adjunct professor of counseling at The University of Akron. A fellow of APA and the National Career Development Association, he received the 2009 John L. Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research. He has published widely on the topics of developmental career theory, assessment, and counseling and serves on the editorial boards of several journals.

Linda M. Subich, PhD, is a professor and associate chair of the Department of Psychology at The University of Akron and was cochair of the 2007 Society for Vocational Psychology conference held at there. Her MA and PhD in counseling psychology are from The Ohio State University. In 2000, she received the Holland Award from Division 17 of APA, and holds fellow status in APA Divisions 17 and 45. She served as associate editor of the Journal of Vocational Behavior and The Career Development Quarterly and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Journal of Career Assessment.