Adolescence is a critical time for career exploration, and internships are a common tool to promote career development. Yet, few researchers have examined their impact on participants. In this study, we conducted a qualitative case study with adolescent participants (N = 19) in the City of Charlotte…
College students participate in work for a variety of reasons, and evidence suggests multiple career development benefits from the experience. The coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic has transformed many of these work opportunities, including the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program. Pilot data from on…
An important measure of success for a college and career readiness program is the extent to which its participants achieve their higher education and career goals. We examined one such program, Bridge to Employment (BTE), to determine its influence on participants’ educational and career-related dec…
Based on self-determination theory, this study sought to identify distinct motivational profiles in a sample of high school students (N = 396, mean age = 17.02 years) using a person-centered approach. Three motivational clusters of students emerged: self-determined students, non-self-determined stud…
This article reviews the career literature published in 1999 that focused on issues related to the identification and implementation of career choices. The discussion was organized in 3 major areas: publications related to theoretical approaches, new assessment instruments, and career interventions …
The author presents the 6 stages in the development of career counseling in the United States. In the 1st stage (1890-1919), placement services were offered for an increasingly urban and industrial society. In the 2nd stage (1920-1939), educational guidance through the elementary and secondary schoo…
The article reviews the practice and research literature in career counseling and development in 1998. The literature is presented and discussed under the following topical headings: contexts and populations, career processes, transitions, career assessment, and career counseling, services and progr…
Responding to national and local initiatives, the career development profession has been engaged in efforts to aid understanding and facilitation of the school-to-work (STW) transition process. Vocational theory has been cited as one especially important area in which the career development field ca…
The purpose of this study was to determine if work ethic differed for a sample of 152 selected 9th-grade students categorized by risk of school failure and by gender. Work ethic attributes were measured using the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (Petty, 1993). Results of a two-way multivariate anal…
This article considers social cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) as a vantage point from which to view the school-to-work transition process. Rather than emphasizing the period just before high school graduation, SCCT focuses on 6 developmentally linked themes that unfold t…
