The Role of Values in Careers (Hc)

Values are of critical importance in the practice of career counseling as evidenced by the pervasive use ofvalues surveys and values card sorts by career counselors vocational and counseling psychologists careerdevelopment facilitators career coaches and other career development practitioners.The purpose of this book is to provide practitioners faculty and researchers in vocational psychology andcareer counseling with a foundational tool to guide their work. This book focuses on the critical role thatvalues play in a person's career addressing values from a broad array of perspectives including cultural andinternational perspectives to illuminate the place of values within vocational psychology and careerdevelopment.The book will be directed primarily toward psychology and counselor education faculty who teachadvanced undergraduate and graduate courses in vocational psychology career development career assessment and career counseling. Although thereis a range of readership (undergraduate and graduate students as well as professionals already in the field) the authors understand the differences inreading level and agree to write for all levels.