ABSTRACT

In an age of organizational restructuring and career uncertainty, with upward mobility becoming less and less attainable, how do people find meaning and fulfilment in their work? This book addresses this critical question, offering valuable, concrete suggestions to career development professionals working with clients who long to infuse their work with values.

Featuring the insights of leading counsellors and career development practitioners, educators, psychologists, clergy, and management experts, the eleven chapters in Connections Between Spirit and Work in Career Development explain how money, age, gender, and spirituality affect job satisfaction.

The authors examine changes that enhance the sense of wholeness in a career, offering illuminating examples showing how people have achieved the goal of balancing work, family life, relationships, and spiritual practice. Responding to the rapidly changing terrain of contemporary work life, this volume presents an extraordinary range of tools and options for career development professionals in their work with their clients.

part 1|136 pages

Theory: The Meaning of Work

chapter 1|24 pages

The Spirit in Career Counseling

Fostering Self-Completion through Work

chapter 2|20 pages

Creating One's Personal Meaning Throughout the Cycles of Life

Its Development in Career, Psychosocial, and Faith Realms

chapter 3|14 pages

Work as Worth

Money or Meaning

chapter 4|26 pages

Ready, Set, Grow

An Allegoric Induction into Quantum Careering

chapter 5|28 pages

The Lifecareer® 1 Process Theory

A Healthier Choice

chapter 6|22 pages

How Does “God-Talk” Speak to the Workplace?

An Essay on the Theology of Work

part 2|120 pages

Applications: Connecting Spirit and Career

chapter 7|24 pages

Creating Personal and Spiritual Balance

Another Dimension in Career Development

chapter 8|22 pages

Vocation as Calling

Affirmative Response or “Wrong Number”

chapter 9|24 pages

Spirituality, Intentionality, and Career Success

The Quest for Meaning

chapter 10|28 pages

Spirituality and Career Assessment

Metaphors and Measurement

chapter 11|20 pages

Inspiriting the Workplace

Developing a Values-Based Management System