Recommended Readings
Learning Objectives:
LO 10-1: Explain how work fulfills basic human needs.
LO 10-2: Identify work-related milestones across the human life span.
LO 10-3: Explain how contextual factors such as gender, race, and SES impact vocational development.
LO 10-4: Discuss the major theories of vocational decision making.
LO 10-5: Describe rewards and risks associated with work.
Learning Objective: 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, & 10-5
Frone, M. R., Kelloway, E. K., & Barling, J. (2005). Handbook of Work Stress. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Description: This book examines the following: contextual sources of stress and its consequences, work and person factors (e.g., age, gender, culture, etc.), work and mental health, and interventions for stress.
Learning Objective: 10-4
Furnham, A. (2008). Personality and Intelligence at Work : Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work. New York: Routledge.
Description: This book examines the relationships between personality, intelligence, and work behavior and satisfaction.
Articles that should be Available via Your Library
Learning Objective: 10-3
Diemer, M. A., & Hsieh, C. (2008). Sociopolitical Development and Vocational Expectations Among Lower Socioeconomic Status Adolescents of Color. Career Development Quarterly, 56(3), 257.
Description: This article examines why ethnic minority youth in lower SES families have diminished vocational expectations and possible intervention strategies to amend this.
Learning Objective: 10-2
Pool, I. A., Poell, R. F., Berings, M. C., & Cate, O. t. (2015). Strategies for continuing professional development among younger, middle-aged, and older nurses: A biographical approach. International Journal Of Nursing Studies, 52(5), 939-950. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.02.004
Description: This interesting article examines how work-related motives change across the lifespan, so professional development activities should correspond to these changing motives.