Book chapter
Social Class and Poverty: A Renewed Focus in Career Development
Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work, pp.341-374
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Third edition
2020
DOI: 10.1002/9781394258994.ch11
Abstract
This chapter offers a discussion of different perspectives on social class, drawing from sociological and psychological theories. It also reviews existing empirical literature relevant to the influence of class issues on work and vocational behavior across the life span. The shift for vocational psychology to focus on the economic lives of people from low‐income and economically marginalized (LIEM) backgrounds has never been more important. As labor market forces and economic conditions became increasingly integrated into the work of career and vocational theorists, the field developed a new focus on contextual factors. The psychology of working framework has fully integrated issues of social class since its inception, through its focus on work and its meaningfulness as a source of power and survival, as well as social connection and self‐determination. Social class, socioeconomic status (SES), and poverty significantly shape the career trajectories of individuals and communities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social Class and Poverty: A Renewed Focus in Career Development
- Creators
- Saba Rasheed AliKipp R PietrantonioCindy L Juntunen
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work, pp.341-374
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hoboken, New Jersey
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781394258994.ch11
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2020
- Academic Unit
- Education Administration; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984539439602771
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