J. H. ‘Kerr’ Inkson & Nicky Dries 
Understanding Careers [EPUB ebook] 
Metaphors of Working Lives

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In the hotly anticipated second edition of Understanding Careers, Kerr Inkson has teamed up with Nicky Dries and John Arnold to take readers on a fascinating journey through the field of Career Studies.



  • Interdisciplinary – the text brings together and critiques a range of perspectives, allowing for a broader and more holistic understanding of the field.

  • Theory and practice – comprehensive coverage of all the key theories and cutting edge research is related to the real world through over 50 cases studies. A new ‘Careers in Practice’ section contains chapters devoted to self-development, career counselling, and organizational practices.

  • International perspective – contains examples, cases, research, references and statistics from a range of countries. 

  • Use of metaphor – the text is structured around commonly used metaphors for careers, helping students relate to the ideas presented and providing a framework for analysis and comparison.


Ideal reading for students considering their own career and personal development, as well as those studying career development, career guidance or human resource management within a psychology, education, counselling or business degree.

€62.99
Métodos de Pagamento

Tabela de Conteúdo

Part I: Background to Career Studies

Chapter 1: Career and Metaphor

Chapter 2: Careers in Context

Part II: Images of Career

Chapter 3: Careers as Inheritances

Chapter 4: Careers as Cycles

Chapter 5: Careers as Action

Chapter 6: Careers as Fit

Chapter 7: Careers as Journeys

Chapter 8: Careers as Roles

Chapter 9: Careers as Relationships

Chapter 10: Careers as Resources

Chapter 11: Careers as Stories

Part III: Careers in Practice

Chapter 12: Career Self-Management

Chapter 13: Career Counseling and Helping

Chapter 14: Organizational Career Management

Sobre o autor

John Arnold is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Loughborough University, and a member of the School’s Research Centre for Professional Work and Society. From 2011 to 2013 he was head of the Institute of Work Psychology (IWP), at the University of Sheffield, and prior to that had extensive experience at Loughborough University Business School (15 years), and Manchester University School of Management (8 years). John is a Fellow and Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, and a Registered Psychologist. He was editor of Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (JOOP) from 2004 to 2008, and is currently a consulting editor with JOOP, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Relations, and Organizational Psychology Review.  He has been Principal or Co-investigator on 21 externally funded research projects and has published over 70 refereed journal articles. John is author or co-author of a number of books including Managing Careers into the Twenty-first Century (1997), and lead author for the first five editions of the textbook Work Psychology. He was a member of the Business and Management panel in the UK’s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, and is repeating that role in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework process.
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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 432 ● ISBN 9781473909090 ● Tamanho do arquivo 2.8 MB ● Editora SAGE Publications ● Cidade London ● País GB ● Publicado 2014 ● Edição 2 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 3667980 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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