Vocational Interests in the Workplace
Vocational Interests in the Workplace

Author: Christopher D. Nye

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-29

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1317392639

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Vocational Interests in the Workplace is an essential new work, tying together past literature with contemporary research to present the most comprehensive coverage on vocational interests to date. With increasing recognition of the importance of vocational interests and their relevance to the workplace, this book emphasizes the strong links between vocational interests and work behavior. It proposes new models and approaches that facilitate thorough exploration of the implications of this relationship between interests and practice. The authors, drawing on knowledge and experience from a range of professional backgrounds, cover essential topics, including: interest measurement; personnel selection; motivation and performance; expertise; meaningful work; effects of a global business environment; diversity; and the ongoing development of interests through adulthood to retirement. Endorsed by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology board, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and educators in the fields of human resources, organizational behaviour, and industrial or organizational psychology.

Review and Synthesis of Information on Occupational Exploration
Review and Synthesis of Information on Occupational Exploration

Author: Wesley Eugene Budke

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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This Review and Synthesis of Information on Occupational Exploration is one of a series of "state of the art" papers in vocational and technical education and related fields. Legislation and societal concern have given new focus and special emphasis to occupational exploration and prevocational education in grades K-12. The purpose of this document is to review and synthesize the most significant research and information available concerning occupational exploration in kindergarten through grade 12 and to serve as a useful reference for educators who will be developing these programs. The primary focus will be on total school responsibility in organizing, implementing, and operating occupational exploration programs for the elementary, junior high, and senior high school as well as comprehensive program efforts for kindergarten through grade 12. The document base for this paper was the collections of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERJC), The ERIC Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education, the Research Library of the Center for Vocational and Technical Education, and information secured from state directors of vocational education through November 1970.

Working and Growing Up in America
Working and Growing Up in America

Author: Jeylan T. MORTIMER

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0674041240

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Should teenagers have jobs while they're in high school? Doesn't working distract them from schoolwork, cause long-term problem behaviors, and precipitate a precocious transition to adulthood? This report from a remarkable longitudinal study of 1,000 students, followed from the beginning of high school through their mid-twenties, answers, resoundingly, no. Examining a broad range of teenagers, Jeylan Mortimer concludes that high school students who work even as much as half-time are in fact better off in many ways than students who don't have jobs at all. Having part-time jobs can increase confidence and time management skills, promote vocational exploration, and enhance subsequent academic success. The wider social circle of adults they meet through their jobs can also buffer strains at home, and some of what young people learn on the job--not least responsibility and confidence--gives them an advantage in later work life.

At this Time and in this Place
At this Time and in this Place

Author: David S. Cunningham

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0190243929

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This volume champions vocation and calling as key elements of undergraduate education. It offers a historical and theoretical account of vocational reflection and discernment, as well as suggesting how these endeavours can be implemented through specific educational practices. Against the backdrop of the current national conversation about the purposes of higher education, it argues that the undergraduate years can provide a certain amount of relatively unfettered time, and a 'free and ordered space', in which students can consider their callings.