ABSTRACT

This volume illustrates connections between the concerns of vocational psychology and the adjoining disciplines of sociology, cultural anthropology, and labor economics. The intent is to suggest how vocational psychology and career counseling might recognize more explicitly the ever-changing social influences and institutional constraints that affect individual as they begin,or contemplate beginning, their adult work.

part 1|45 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

Overview

chapter 2|33 pages

Preparing Youth for Work

The Dilemmas of Education and Training Programs

part 2|110 pages

Schools and Vocational Development

part 3|100 pages

Work Experience and Adolescent Vocational Development

chapter 7|29 pages

Adolescents and Work

A Longitudinal Perspective on Gender and Cultural Variability

chapter 9|22 pages

The Job Market for Adolescents