Racial/Ethnic Minority Vocational Research Trends: An 11‐Year Update

This study extends Flores et al.'s ( 2006 ) 36‐year analysis of racial/ethnic minority (REM) career research to identify recent trends in choice of topics and leading individual and institutional contributors. The authors identified 166 articles on REM career research published from 2005 to 2015 in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, The Career Development Quarterly, the Journal of Career Assessment, and the Journal of Career Development. Of these studies, 92% were empirical, with more than three quarters of these using quantitative rather than qualitative methodology. Most frequently, the empirical studies (n = 153) were based on samples of high school (30.7%) or undergraduate (34.6%) students. The authors discuss the implications of their findings and suggest ways to expand REM career research in the future.     

“Yes,I Can”: Testing an Intervention to Increase Middle School Students’ College and Career Self‐Efficacy

Middle school is the appropriate time for students to begin exploring careers and improving self‐efficacy; however, empirically supported career and college readiness interventions for U.S. middle school students are limited. Examining the effect of an intervention that combined a virtual experience and a local college visit on middle school students (99 girls, 74 boys), the authors found that participating students had higher levels of college and career self‐efficacy than did nonparticipating students. The study shows that a workshop of the online Florida CHOICES program coupled with a campus visit increased middle school student career and college self‐efficacy. Future research should include longitudinal studies and use of diverse populations to improve generalizability of study results.     

The Relation of Negative Career Thoughts to Depression and Hopelessness

Although some research literature focuses on the integration of mental health and career counseling, there has been little that examines both areas in relation to depression and hopelessness. This study investigated the relationship among dysfunctional career thinking, depression, and hopelessness in a sample of 139 undergraduate and graduate students seeking drop‐in or individual career counseling services at a university career center. The authors found that two aspects of dysfunctional career thinking, decision‐making confusion and commitment anxiety, accounted for a significant amount of variance in depression. Decision‐making confusion also accounted for a significant amount of variance in hopelessness. Implications for counseling practice include the need for more careful screening of career clients who present with high levels of anxiety and negative thinking. Future research could involve more diverse client populations, such as unemployed adults, and explore the use of additional screening measures to assess the intersection of career and mental health issues.     

Personal sacrifice and corporate cultures: career progression for disabled staff in higher education

Disabled people are under-represented in higher education (HE), especially in senior posts. This article reports research on the perspectives of career progression into leadership held by disabled staff in one post-1992 university. Findings indicated that some participants were already engaged in leadership or aspired to such roles, and reported positive experiences. However, participants also experienced barriers to progression, including a lack of awareness of equality and diversity among managers and colleagues, inadequate professional development opportunities and the competitive organisational culture of management that could impact on their health and work–life balance. We conclude that disabled staff in HE do not yet have equal opportunities for progression into leadership roles compared with their non-disabled peers. There is a need for realignment of the culture of leadership and management to make it more compatible with the full inclusion of disabled staff in HE such that their unique contributions are valued.     

Career Engagement: Investigating Intraindividual Predictors of Weekly Fluctuations in Proactive Career Behaviors

This study applied a microlevel perspective on how within‐individual differences in motivational and social‐cognitive factors affected the weekly fluctuations of engagement in proactive career behaviors among a group of 67 German university students. Career self‐efficacy beliefs, perceived career barriers, experienced social career support, positive and negative emotions, and career engagement were assessed weekly for 13 consecutive weeks. Hierarchical linear regression analyses showed that above average levels of career engagement within individuals were predicted by higher than average perceived social support and positive emotions during a given week. Conversely, within‐individual differences in self‐efficacy, barriers, and negative emotions had no effect. The results suggest that career interventions should provide boosts in social support and positive emotions.     

论我国专业社会工作者的职业生涯发展

社会工作作为一种专业教育在我国已开展了十几年,但作为一种职业是最近才被国家认可的。这种职业化落后于教育的发展趋势使得大量受过社会工作教育的专业社会工作者职业生涯发展受到很大限制。因此,本文通过分析专业社会工作者职业生涯发展中面临的问题,分析专业社会工作者从业的环境,尝试对专业社会工作者的职业生涯发展作初步规划,以期能对我国专业社会工作者的职业生涯发展提供帮助。     

基于权变理论的高校教师评价的探讨

研究与分析了我国高校现行的奖惩性评价和发展性评价两种教师评价模式,指出两种模式的优点及弊端,并结合现行的高校发展状况,探讨在新的形势下的基于权变理论指导下的高校教师评价模式,旨在将个人发展与组织发展相结合,合理利用奖惩性和发展性评价,促进教师的专业发展和学校的发展。     

职业经理人资源稀缺的制度分析

无论是科斯的交易费用理论,还是德鲁克的企业社会责任理论,都证明了职业经理人是企业不可缺少的人力资源。在我国,职业经理人资源短缺的根本原因就在于,现代企业制度尚未最终建立,职业经理人成长发育缺乏完备的制度条件;解决这一问题的对策,最要紧的便是加快现代企业制度建设步伐,创造培育职业经理人的社会环境;建立完善约束—激励机制,创造培育职业经理人的经济环境;建立职业经理人身份制度,创造培育职业经理人的法律环境。     

医学生择业过程中的心理状况与职业生涯规划

随着大学毕业生人数的激增以及用人单位对于专业化程度要求的提高,就业形势变得日益严峻。同时,由于地区间经济发展的不平衡,人才往城市倾斜现象较为严重,由此出现城市与乡镇医院人才供求比例严重失衡。伴随社会问题出现的是医学生对于职业生涯规划的定位不准确而产生的各种心理问题,这些心理上的困境正严重地威胁着医学生职业前途。本文通过对医学生择业困境中的心理状态进行溯源与探讨,并结合我国目前医学生群体的就业状况,论述医学生择业过程中存在的心理问题,提出有针对性的解决方案与符合医学生群体特征的职业生涯规划,以期能为医学生群体带来一定的帮助。     

“满意化”和“适应性”:西蒙有限理性思想探析

本文将从西蒙对有限理性认识的几个重要阶段入手,考察有限理性在西蒙学术生涯中的历史呈现形态,进而解析西蒙有限理性思想的完整含义。本文的基本结论:满意化和适应性是西蒙有限理性思想不可或缺的两个方面。