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  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 04, 2018
  --- - - Journal of Employment Counseling, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 95-95, September 2018.
  

  September 04, 2018   doi: 10.1002/joec.12088   open full text
• Recruiter Evaluation of Candidates for Employment: Does Study Abroad Make a Difference?
  Jessica M. Turos, C. Carney Strange.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 04, 2018
  --- - |2 This analog study investigated recruiters’ evaluation of candidates for employment in regard to whether study abroad experience advantaged some in being selected for certain positions. Results found that candidates who completed study abroad and a relevant internship were ranked highest, with preference given by recruiters to long‐term Western experiences. However, the data also suggested that recruiter assessments varied somewhat depending on recruiters’ study abroad experience and their own characteristics. Overall, the effect of study abroad on the evaluation of candidates was simply one part of a complex of considerations. - Journal of Employment Counseling, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 96-103, September 2018.
  

  September 04, 2018   doi: 10.1002/joec.12089   open full text
• Linking Individual Value Orientations to Employee Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis.
  Zhou Jiang.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 04, 2018
  --- - |2 This study tested the relationships of individualism, power distance, and mastery orientation to 2 employee attitudes (organizational trust and organizational commitment) that are associated with employees’ psychological benefits within the organization. Results from university employees (N = 706) showed that individualism negatively, whereas mastery positively, related to trust and commitment. Power distance positively related to trust only. The moderating role of mastery was also identified. These findings can help employment or organizational counselors to appreciate value‐related factors that facilitate employees in psychologically integrating into the organization and to explore new ways for employers to foster employees’ positive attitudes. - Journal of Employment Counseling, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 124-142, September 2018.
  

  September 04, 2018   doi: 10.1002/joec.12092   open full text
• Dimensions of Acculturation and Work Hope in International Students.
  Laura Reid Marks, Ayşe Çiftçi, Brittany Lee.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 04, 2018
  --- - |2 Work hope is an emerging and important factor in the career development process of international students. In this study, the authors focused on the work hope of international students and examined its relation to dimensions of acculturation (i.e., dominant society immersion, ethnic identity, ethnic society immersion, individualism, and collectivism). A total of 340 international students completed an online survey. Results of a correlation analysis revealed associations in the expected directions. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that horizontal collectivism, horizontal individualism, and vertical collectivism had a significant and unique contribution in explaining work hope. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed. - Journal of Employment Counseling, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 115-123, September 2018.
  

  September 04, 2018   doi: 10.1002/joec.12091   open full text
• Extraversion, Openness to Experience, and Global Career Intention: The Mediating Role of Cultural Intelligence.
  Alfred Presbitero.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 04, 2018
  --- - |2 Drawing from social cognitive career theory, this study asserts that the personality traits of extraversion and openness to experience are positively and significantly related to global career intention (GCI). Moreover, drawing from self‐efficacy theory, this study asserts that cultural intelligence mediates the relationship between these personality traits and GCI. Results from a study in Australia of 158 undergraduate students demonstrated that extraversion and openness to experience are positively and significantly related to GCI. Results also showed that cultural intelligence partially mediates the relationship between (a) extraversion and GCI and (b) openness to experience and GCI. - Journal of Employment Counseling, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 104-114, September 2018.
  

  September 04, 2018   doi: 10.1002/joec.12090   open full text
• Comparative Analysis of Work Values Across Four Nations.
  Sang Min Lee, Moriki Terada, Kazuaki Shimizu, Myung‐Hun Lee, Dong Hun Lee.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. August 30, 2017
  Work values are important factors in career counseling and development. The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance of Terada's () Vocational Values Inventory, as well as compare the means of 5 latent variables across 4 nations (Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Germany) using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that the assumptions of configural, metric, and intercept invariance were satisfied across the 4 nations. A comparison of the means of the 5 latent variables indicated that job security, an extrinsic work value, was perceived as the most important work value across the 4 nations.

  August 30, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12061   open full text
• “Give Us a Chance”: Understanding Job Seeking Among Women Experiencing Homelessness.
  Danielle B. Groton, Jill M. Gromer, Annelise M. Mennicke, Jungup Lee, Mehnaz Gul, Erin M. Dupree, Jean Munn.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. August 30, 2017
  The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore perceptions of job seeking from women experiencing homelessness. Participants (N = 9) were interviewed at a transitional housing facility in North Florida. Thematic analysis found several manifest and latent themes related to stigma, barriers, and perseverance. The findings of this study support the existing literature on the management of social stigma by people experiencing homelessness. It also provides new findings that allow for a more nuanced understanding of the factors identified by experts in the job‐seeking experiences of women who are homeless.

  August 30, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12060   open full text
• The Relevance of Self‐Evaluations for Students' Career Optimism.
  Andreja Bubic.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. August 30, 2017
  This study investigated how people's beliefs regarding their vocational abilities (i.e., career decision self‐efficacy) are associated with their perceived academic control, self‐liking, and self‐competence. It also assessed the relevance of these 4 types of self‐beliefs for personal job optimism among 268 Croatian college students. Results indicated that participants' career decision self‐efficacy and perceptions of their chances of finding jobs nationwide were significant predictors of personal job optimism. Furthermore, the influences of self‐competence and perceived academic control on personal job optimism were mediated by career decision self‐efficacy. These results extend previous research and may be informative for vocational guidance interventions.

  August 30, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12059   open full text
• Establishing a Reputation.
  Robert Zinko, Zhan Zhang Furner, James Hunt, Adam Dalton.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2017
  The positive effects of a favorable reputation on one's career are well known. What is less established is how reputations are developed and spread throughout an organization. When integrated, a variety of theories can provide a better understanding of personal reputation. Calling upon sense making, role theory, gossip, and a variety of other paradigms, the authors present a model of personal reputation in organizations.

  June 02, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12056   open full text
• Developing a Career Counseling Intervention Program for Foster Youth.
  Brian J. Stevenson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2017
  Former foster youth often experience difficulty finding and maintaining employment as they emancipate from state care. Research highlights this fact by consistently reporting on the bleak employment outcomes of former foster youth; however, virtually no studies have given practical guidance to practitioners on how to develop interventions. This article addresses this gap in the literature by providing practitioners with a detailed outline of a career counseling group intervention program for foster youth. A brief review of the literature informing this intervention program is also presented.

  June 02, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12055   open full text
• Creating hope: Assisting Veterans with Job Search Strategies using Cognitive Information Processing Theory.
  Mary Buzzetta, Seth C. W. Hayden, Katherine Ledwith.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2017
  Providing effective employment services to today's veterans is essential. Given the high unemployment rate that currently exists for the veteran population, it is essential that career development professionals consider ways to effectively address their needs. This article highlights the complexities veterans experience in the job preparation and job search processes, as well as current efforts addressing the veteran unemployment concern. A clinical case study shows how cognitive information processing theory, a theory of career problem solving and decision making, can be used as a foundation for assisting veterans in the job search process.

  June 02, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12054   open full text
• Education Level, Occupational Classification, and Perceptions of Differences for Blacks in the United States.
  Stephanie T. Burns, Gayle Garcia.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2017
  A random sample of 1,276 U.S. adults were surveyed about their perceptions of differences for Blacks in the United States based on discrimination, ability to learn, opportunities for education, and willpower. Those with little education and extensive education were more aware of discrimination for Blacks. Higher levels of education as well as professional and managerial work increased awareness that Blacks have the same ability to learn as Whites and that Blacks lack equitable opportunities for an education. Those with less education and those employed in technical and manual labor were the most likely to say Blacks lacked willpower.

  June 02, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12053   open full text
• Influence of Generational Status and Financial Stress on Academic and Career Self‐Efficacy.
  Aarika Vannatter White, Kristin Perrone‐McGovern.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 06, 2017
  The importance of a college degree is underscored by higher unemployment rates of individuals who have not completed college (Bureau of Labor Statistics, ). Academic and career self‐efficacy influence students' completion of college, and 1st‐generation college students and those under financial strain may experience decreased self‐efficacy (Wohlgemuth et al., ). Participants in this study (N = 383) were college students at a 4‐year university. Results from a 2 × 3 multivariate analysis of variance and discriminant function analysis revealed significant differences in academic and career self‐efficacy based on financial stress, but not generational status.

  March 06, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12049   open full text
• The Effectiveness of Two Positive Career Counseling Modules for Working Parents in Taiwan.
  Yu‐Chen Wang, Yi‐Mei Lee.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 06, 2017
  The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of 2 positive career counseling modules—the strength‐centered career counseling (SCC) module and the goal‐oriented career counseling module—for working parents in Taiwan (23 men and 28 women). The study used an experimental design, and the instruments were the Personal Growth Initiative Scale, Job Satisfaction Inventory, and Career Self‐Efficacy Scale. A within‐subjects analysis of variance indicated that both modules were effective in personal growth initiative and career self‐efficacy, and SCC particularly had continuous effects on both of them. Advanced versions for the 2 modules and implications for future practice are discussed.

  March 06, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12048   open full text
• Weak Ties for a Weak Population: Expanding Personal Social Networks Among the Unemployed to Increase Job‐Seeking Success.
  Moshe Sharabi, Javier Simonovich.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 06, 2017
  Unqualified middle‐aged and older unemployed people have little chance of finding a suitable job via Internet‐based systems. These individuals have a low education level, fewer technological skills, and low self‐esteem as a result of long‐term unemployment; therefore, their relevant job opportunities diminish. This article describes a successful pilot project among 108 chronically unemployed Jews and Arabs in 5 employment centers in Israel. By sharing each other's lists of acquaintances under the guidance of professional consultants, 41% of them found a job. The results have strengthened the authors' assumption that educating people to use expanded weak personal networks (non‐Internet) to find jobs is both effective and beneficial.

  March 06, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12047   open full text
• Throwing a Wrench in the Work(s): Using Multicultural and Social Justice Competency to Develop a Social Justice–Oriented Employment Counseling Toolbox.
  Courtenay Crucil, Norman Amundson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 06, 2017
  This article presents a social justice toolbox from which employment counselors can draw when working with various populations at multiple levels. First, the authors introduce social justice and its relationship to employment counseling (the toolbox). Second, the skills and knowledge required to integrate social justice into employment counseling (the tools) are presented. Finally, strategies are offered to maintain social justice competency so that the tools can be maintained and applied ethically and effectively.

  March 06, 2017   doi: 10.1002/joec.12046   open full text
• Personal Dispositions and Shift‐Work Tolerance: A Longitudinal Study of Municipality Shift Workers.
  Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Eva Langvik, Ingvild Saksvik‐Lehouillier.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 01, 2016
  The aim of this study was to investigate how dispositional resistance to change and neuroticism could predict shift‐work tolerance (SWT) over a period of 6 months. Electronic questionnaires were completed by 74 shift workers employed in a municipality in Norway in January 2013 (1st wave of data collection) and in June 2013 (2nd wave of data collection). The findings suggest that individual differences, especially neuroticism, can predict SWT over a period of 6 months.

  December 01, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12042   open full text
• Predicting Behavioral Career Commitment of College Students With Attachment and Separation Relationships.
  Gina Zanardelli, Victoria A. Shivy, Kristin M. Perrone‐McGovern.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 01, 2016
  This study compares the behavioral and attitudinal career commitment of college students, then examines the influences of parental attachment and separation on career commitment. Undergraduates (N = 195) from 3 academic programs were surveyed: a combined degree program that accepts students simultaneously into bachelor's and medical programs, premedical curriculum alone, and general university enrollment. Behavioral career commitment (enrollment in one of the aforementioned programs) correlated with attitudinal commitment for the combined degree and general enrollment groups. Greater attachment to father and less separation from parents were associated with lower career commitment for men. Attachment and separation did not predict career commitment for women.

  December 01, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12041   open full text
• Stuck in the Muck? The Role of Mindsets in Self‐Regulation When Stymied During the Job Search.
  Peter A. Heslin, Lauren A. Keating.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 01, 2016
  Although there is a vast amount of literature on the psychologically harmful effects of unemployment, there has been less scholarship aimed at helping those struggling with the motivational challenges involved in a frustrated job search. This conceptual article draws on theory and extensive research in educational, social, and organizational psychology to explain the likely role of mindsets in self‐regulation during the job search. Specifically, the authors outline how a person's mindset can cue patterns of functional and dysfunctional thoughts, feelings, and behaviors during a range of job search tasks. They then provide practical advice for counseling individuals—and for people helping themselves—through the job search process.

  December 01, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12040   open full text
• Outplacement Adequacy and Benefits: The Mediating Role of Overall Justice.
  Laurence Marzucco, Isabelle Hansez.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. August 31, 2016
  Despite a rapid growth and an ongoing need for outplacement services, little is known about the perceived adequacy and benefits of these services for the redundant employees using them. The authors surveyed 360 Belgian redundant employees (i.e., clients) who were using outplacement services provided by a public employment agency. Results indicated that an outplacement experience that is perceived as adequate by clients fosters their overall impressions of justice toward the dismissing organization. Perceived outplacement adequacy, in turn, led to benefits for the redundant employees—namely, a reduction of negative emotions and an enhancement of their perceived well‐being, future perspectives, and job‐seeking activities—thus confirming the mediating role of overall justice.

  August 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12034   open full text
• A Framework for Optimizing Work–Life Balance Practices in Australia: Perceived Options for Employee Support.
  Stacey Jenkins, Ramudu Bhanugopan, Pamela Lockhart.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. August 31, 2016
  Drawing from institutional theory, this study explored work–life balance (WLB) practices in Australian small and medium enterprises. Data were obtained from a sample of 219 managers. The authors identified organizational characteristics associated with the adoption of 4 groups of WLB practices using a causal model. Of the 3 models tested, the final model supported a conceptual framework that included 4 domains: flexible work options, leave programs, support benefits, and care arrangements. The findings suggested that organizational characteristics—namely, industry type and location—affected WLB practices. Implications for theory and practice are discussed along with avenues for future research.

  August 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12033   open full text
• Adding Career Biographies and Career Narratives to Career Interest Inventories.
  Stephanie T. Burns, Gayle L. Garcia, Danielle M. Smith, Stephanie R. Goodman.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. August 31, 2016
  This study with 20 adults explored adding career biographies and career narrative writing to the career interest assessment report process. Participants reported that biographies and narratives helped them identify themes to consider how their career plans fit their personal lifestyle, meaning making, and values. This study offers 1 way to incorporate narratives and story to explore the self and self‐in‐context to activate meaning‐making processes in career interest assessment reports. Until career interest assessment reports include career biographies and a process for writing career narratives, only career counselors can offer this type of service to clients.

  August 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12032   open full text
• Applying the Chaos Theory of Careers as a Framework for College Career Centers.
  Jon Schlesinger, Lauren Pasquarella Daley.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. May 31, 2016
  The chaos theory of careers (CTC; Pryor & Bright, ) has emerged as a career development theory to describe the reality of career development and account for the changing nature of work in the 21st century. Integrating CTC into a coherent framework accessible to practitioners is an ongoing process. In recent years, CTC has gained traction within some college career centers. Although techniques and interventions have been discussed to address some of the primary issues, no overarching framework has been conceptualized. This article proposes a model to conceptualize CTC in an accessible framework for college career centers, students, and beyond.

  May 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12030   open full text
• Help Wanted: People With Disabilities and Recruitment Advertising.
  Elizabeth Hemphill, Carol T. Kulik.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. May 31, 2016
  People with disabilities rely heavily on specialist agencies to find suitable employment. This research examines how agency consultants use recruitment ads in their work with clients. The authors analyzed the ads collected by consultants and learned that the ads were dominated by organization and job attributes. The ads contained less information about preferred applicant characteristics and selection procedures. Consultants used the ads to facilitate immediate matches between clients and employers, but they also used the ads to nudge clients in new career directions. The results reflect challenges consultants experience in balancing the long‐term needs of clients against the short‐term demands of employers.

  May 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12029   open full text
• The Need for Dynamic Models of Career Development for Transitioning Offenders.
  Andrea Bennett, Norman Amundson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. May 31, 2016
  Within correctional settings, career development interventions focus on teaching employment skills to offenders to help them obtain work in the community. However, ongoing changes in labor market trends affect job insecurity and, thus, criminal recidivism. This article first reviews some of the existing career development interventions used with offender populations. The authors then suggest that a more dynamic approach to career development—with offenders embracing the paradoxical complexities of making career decisions that incorporate notions of flexibility, change, chance, curiosity, and hope—is needed to ensure successful transitions to the community.

  May 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12028   open full text
• Group Identity and Readiness to Change Unemployment Status.
  Elli Curtis, Peter Gibbon, Mary Katsikitis.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. May 31, 2016
  The authors assessed the degree to which unemployed individuals identified with an unemployed “in‐group” and the subsequent impact on readiness to change their unemployed status. Participants from 2 Australian employment agencies completed the Group Identification Scale and the Lam Assessment on Stages of Employment Readiness measure. Findings suggest that the extent of family unemployment affects unemployed in‐group identification and predicts readiness to change unemployed status. Duration of unemployment was negatively correlated with readiness to change. Results suggest that unemployed individuals form an in‐group. Interventions to assist unemployed individuals to return to the workforce should take this into account for effectiveness to be maximized.

  May 31, 2016   doi: 10.1002/joec.12027   open full text
• Development of an Attitudes and Intentions Scale for Construction Skills Training Programs.
  Jonathan Elliott, Carla Lopez del Puerto.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 01, 2015
  Attrition is a major problem in construction skills training programs for young adults, with dropout rates ranging between 45% and 65%. Training resources could be used more efficiently if trainees' completion rates were increased. Understanding and measuring the psychological characteristics contributing to attrition allows training practitioners to implement interventions to reduce dropout. This article reports the development of an instrument designed to measure constructs that inform participants' performance and success within the construction training domain. Instrument reliability and validity as well as areas of further research are discussed.

  September 01, 2015   doi: 10.1002/joec.12011   open full text
• Effects of Business Internships on Students, Employers, and Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review.
  Gisela Sanahuja Vélez, Gabriela Ribes Giner.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 01, 2015
  The objective of this study is to provide a systematic review of the literature on the impact of internships completed by university students. This research also aims to analyze variables that can affect outcomes and satisfaction in the internship experience. Fifty‐seven studies were included and examined. The effects and variables identified were listed and classified. The findings of this review support the overall positive effects of business internships and confirm that they are a win‐win situation for the main 3 stakeholders: students, employers, and higher education institutions.

  September 01, 2015   doi: 10.1002/joec.12010   open full text
• Employment as a Poverty Trap.
  Liran Korn, Miki Malul, Israel Luski.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 01, 2015
  Using an experiment conducted with 384 young Israelis, the authors find that if young people are actually working as unskilled workers, the status quo bias increases the premium that they require for giving up their jobs and seeking more education. This excess premium may make some individuals choose to remain employed as unskilled workers rather than pursue higher education. Such a decision may trap them in a life of poverty. The authors maintain that their results prompt a reexamination of the widely held belief that early employment is an advantage for young people.

  September 01, 2015   doi: 10.1002/joec.12009   open full text
• Effect of Acceptance Expectations on the Employment Development of Individuals With Disabilities: The Self‐Fulfilling Prophecy Applied.
  Li Ju Chen.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 01, 2015
  The author examined what and how factors affect the employment status of Taiwanese college students with disabilities in the 1st year after graduation. The results demonstrated that (a) perceived acceptance by society and the employment market (ASEM) was the major factor affecting the employment status of individuals with disabilities (IWDs); (b) perceived ASEM influenced IWDs' psychological states, attitudes, and life‐planning styles, as well as their attitudes and strategies in job searching; and (c) the effect of IWDs' acceptance expectations on their employment development can be explained by the self‐fulfilling prophecy.

  September 01, 2015   doi: 10.1002/joec.12008   open full text
• Contextual Career Counseling for Transitioning Military Veterans.
  Meredith A. Rausch.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2014
  Military culture is a unique subset of the United States, complete with its own language, writing style, norms, membership, rank structure, values, and laws (Harmon, ). Using contextual theory for career counseling, counselor educators can assist counselors‐in‐training in understanding the effects of the military environment on clients who are military veterans. This article includes a review of the literature and a call for research.

  June 02, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00044.x   open full text
• A Positive Psychology Intervention Among Long‐Term Unemployed People and Its Effects on Psychological Distress and Well‐Being.
  Michaël Dambrun, Anne‐Laure Dubuy.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2014
  The present study aims to examine the effect of a positive psychology intervention (PPI) on a population of long‐term unemployed people. All were members of an association of employment assistance. An opportunity was offered to participate in a PPI. Twelve participants accepted (treatment condition). The remaining participants constituted the control group. Participants of the treatment condition were asked to complete 5 positive psychology exercises during 2 weeks. Participants of the control condition participated as usual in sessions to help their job search. Results indicate that PPI significantly decreases psychological distress (e.g., depression, anxiety) and significantly increases well‐being (e.g., life satisfaction, self‐esteem).

  June 02, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00043.x   open full text
• Vocational Concerns of Elementary Teachers: Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Occupational Commitment.
  Christopher J. McCarthy, Richard G. Lambert, Jenson Reiser.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2014
  This study examines the vocational concerns of 185 elementary teachers. Participants were classified based on their perceptions of the magnitude of their classroom demands and resources. These groupings were then examined for differences in teachers' personal coping resources, job satisfaction, and occupational commitment. Results indicated that teachers classified as perceiving high classroom demand vis‐à‐vis classroom resources reported lower personal coping resources, less job satisfaction, and more plans to leave their current job.

  June 02, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00042.x   open full text
• A Career Developmental Perspective on the Therapeutic Alliance: Implications for Counseling.
  Hedva Braunstein‐Bercovitz, Eitan Cohen, Shulamit Geller, Benny A. Benjamin.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 02, 2014
  This review explores the role played by childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) in selecting a career in the field of mental health and the potential positive and deleterious effects of these career‐choice motives on the therapeutic alliance. The reviewed findings support the assumption that CEM may serve as a precursor for career choice of professions in the mental health field. Implications are suggested for the counselor/therapist–client relationship, also known as the therapeutic alliance, as well as for career counseling.

  June 02, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00041.x   open full text
• Needs‐Based Assessment: A Model for Profiling, Assisting, and Empowering Job Seekers.
  Paul Englert, Marianne Doczi, Duncan J. R. Jackson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 05, 2014
  Needs‐based assessment (NBA) was developed in New Zealand to assess job seekers’ capacity, willingness, and opportunity to find work. This article outlines the development of NBA from its theoretical underpinnings, evidence from a longitudinal study and the development of an employment adviser–administered computerized profiling tool, and the provision of self‐assessment and support tools. The authors argue that, with a rise in the number of unemployed job seekers and the long‐term unemployed, demands for government resources with less resources available to satisfy those demands, and the widespread adoption of social and interactive media, it is timely to revisit an NBA approach to job seeker profiling and targeted intervention.

  March 05, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00039.x   open full text
• Career Decision‐Making Intervention With Unemployed Adults: When Good Intentions Are Not Effective.
  Emily Bullock‐Yowell, Kari A. Leavell, Amy E. McConnell, Amanda D. Rushing, Lindsay M. Andrews, Michael Campbell, Lauren K. Osborne.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 05, 2014
  This study adapted existing empirically supported interventions to explore options for serving large numbers of unemployed adults. Participants included 150 unemployed adults (72 experimental group, 78 control group) seeking employment office services to maintain U.S. federal unemployment compensation. A 1‐hour workshop was offered to the 72 experimental group participants. The same career development variables were assessed during data collection for both groups. Results revealed the workshop had no impact on negative career thinking and potentially increased career decision‐making difficulties in the experimental group. Intervention effectiveness issues, implications for future research, and intervention options with unemployed adults are discussed.

  March 05, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00038.x   open full text
• Examining Differential Effects of Internal and External Resources on Counselor Burnout Symptoms in South Korea.
  Hyunju Choi, Ana Puig, Keunhwa Kim, Seongchan Lee, Sang Min Lee.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. March 05, 2014
  This study aims to bring to light the relationship between internal/external resources and counselors’ burnout depending on the type of clients (traumatized/bereaved vs. personal growth issues). Moderated mediation analysis was conducted with 165 counselors in South Korea. The results indicated that counselors of traumatized or bereaved clients were more likely to be affected by internal resources (countertransference management ability), whereas counselors of clients with personal growth issues were more likely to be affected by external resources (environmental resources). Implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

  March 05, 2014   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00037.x   open full text
• Case study of the gender earnings gap: a longitudinal analysis of cohort data of same‐department graduates at a small liberal arts college.
  Gail R. Eisenberg, Samuel M. Laposata.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 09, 2013
  Consistent with similarly conducted studies, the authors found that within a fixed group of men and women, women's salaries fell behind those of men sometime in the later years of their careers. The data and analysis show that the gender‐based wages of the participants in this study diverged quickly after graduation from college, suggesting that men and women make career decisions early, well before children appear in their lives. Those decisions are affected by both labor market discrimination and gender socialization among the participants in this study.

  December 09, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00036.x   open full text
• Career counselor training and supervision: role of the supervisory working alliance.
  Jason A. Parcover, Jane L. Swanson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 09, 2013
  The importance of career counseling within our educational and professional systems is clearly recognized, yet little attention has been directed toward explicating the career counseling supervision process. Research on personal–emotional counseling supervision has stressed the critical importance of the supervisory relationship. The purpose of this study was to better understand the nature and effect of the supervisory working alliance in the supervision of career counselors, using case study methodology. Results point to the importance of explicitly addressing the working alliance early in the work, exploration of affect in supervision, and cognizance of the power differential inherent in a training relationship.

  December 09, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00035.x   open full text
• An individual's work values in career development.
  Bo Young Choi, Boram Kim, Sun Hee Jang, Sun Hwa Jung, Sung Sik Ahn, Sang Min Lee, Norm Gysbers.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 09, 2013
  This study examined the mediation effect of career decision self‐efficacy in relation to work values and career decision status. The authors surveyed 308 college students about their own intrinsic (e.g., helping others) and extrinsic (e.g., high income) work values and those of significant others, career decision self‐efficacy, and career decision status. The results indicated that the intrinsic and extrinsic work values of significant others were related to the intrinsic and extrinsic work values of the self and that intrinsic work values were more adaptive than extrinsic work values in career development.

  December 09, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00034.x   open full text
• Seeking Reemployment in Nonmetropolitan America.
  Christopher J. Budnick, Alecia M. Santuzzi.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. December 09, 2013
  Unemployment is particularly pervasive in nonmetropolitan communities with few employment opportunities. The authors examined how unemployed nonmetropolitan adults’ daily affective experiences influenced same‐day and next‐day job search times. Positive affect and high reemployment beliefs were related to higher same‐day, but not next‐day, job search times. Next‐day job search times were higher when job seekers reported high effort and perceived progress on the previous day. Lower job search times occurred after days of low effort with high progress perceptions or if high effort was paired with low progress. Theoretical implications, limitations, and practical applications are discussed.

  December 09, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00033.x   open full text
• A review of career development and planning: a comprehensive approach.
  Dale Furbish.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 02, 2013
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  September 02, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00032.x   open full text
• A longitudinal examination of the relationship between teacher burnout and depression.
  Hyojung Shin, Hyunkyung Noh, Yoojin Jang, Yang Min Park, Sang Min Lee.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 02, 2013
  This study investigates the longitudinal relationships between burnout and depression among teachers. Middle and high school teachers participated in a 3‐wave survey. The results of the latent growth modeling analysis revealed that there was a significant relationship between the initial status of burnout and the initial status of depression. Results also indicated a significant relationship between the change rate of burnout and the change rate of depression. Moreover, the autoregressive cross‐lagged modeling revealed a causal relationship such that teacher's burnout leads to subsequent depression symptoms, not vice versa.

  September 02, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00031.x   open full text
• Effectiveness of the career interest profile.
  Annamaria Di Fabio, Jacobus Gideon Maree.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 02, 2013
  This study examined the effectiveness of group‐based career counseling using the Career Interest Profile (CIP). The study used an experimental design involving 2 groups of Italian university students: an experimental group (42 participants) who received narrative career counseling and a control group (47 participants) who did not. Results indicated more specific life and occupational goals after the intervention among members of the experimental group in addition to a decrease in career decision‐making difficulties and an increase in career decision‐making self‐efficacy, thus suggesting the value of group‐based career counseling on the basis of the principles embodied in the CIP.

  September 02, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00030.x   open full text
• The effect of self‐regulated decision making on career path and major‐related career choice satisfaction.
  HaeYoung Eun, Young Woo Sohn, Suran Lee.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. September 02, 2013
  The present research examined the influence of self‐regulated decision making on satisfaction in career path (college major for Study 1, job for Study 2) and major‐related career choice. Results indicate a full mediating effect of fit in the relationship between self‐regulated decision making and satisfaction in career path. Self‐regulated decision making also influenced major–job congruence via satisfaction with a participant's college major. Findings suggest that individuals who possess self‐regulatory ability in decision‐making contexts were more likely to choose majors and jobs of good fit, experience satisfaction from their career decisions, and choose careers relevant to their college majors.

  September 02, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00029.x   open full text
• A review of learning outcomes assessment step‐by‐step: enhancing evidence‐based practice in career services.
  Lynette A. Reid.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 03, 2013
  There is no abstract available for this paper.

  June 03, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00028.x   open full text
• Preparing ex‐offenders for work: applying the self‐determination theory to social cognitive career counseling.
  Kaprea F. Johnson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 03, 2013
  Ex‐offenders, persons with criminal and limited job histories, are being released into communities every year. Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) focuses on several cognitive–person variables and on the interaction effect with the environment. Conceptually, the author views the integration of SCCT and the self‐determination theory as a promising model for engaging ex‐offenders in behavior change and job counseling. A fictional case study is presented that applies the integrated theory model.

  June 03, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00027.x   open full text
• Psychological components of responses to interest inventory items.
  Eric Thiébaut.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 03, 2013
  This study tests the relevance of 10 psychological traits that are assumed to exemplify responses to the items of INFORIZON, an occupational interest inventory. To accomplish this goal, the author analyzed the responses to the interest items based on a sample of 824 participants (17–25 years old), with an assessment of the items based on psychological traits using another French sample (147 participants) in the same age category. The results of multiple linear regression analyses supported most of the hypotheses presented in this study.

  June 03, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00026.x   open full text
• Green construction and energy training program for at‐risk individuals: a case study.
  Carla Lopez del Puerto, Adrienne Crowson.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 03, 2013
  Training individuals who are at risk of unemployment/underemployment to increase their employability is a mission of many nonprofit agencies. These training programs, often supported by government funding, attempt to reduce these individuals’ reliance on government assistance. The purpose of this study is to obtain hard data and an in‐depth understanding about the factors that contribute to the success of the Green Construction training program. The methodology used is a multimethod, multimeasure approach, which provides a reasonably robust triangulation of results. The findings indicate that the program is successful because it has good participant retention, knowledge gain, and placement rates.

  June 03, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00025.x   open full text
• Identification of workplace dress by low‐income job seekers.
  Diana Saiki.
  Journal of Employment Counseling. June 03, 2013
  The author examined how low‐income job seekers participating in a workplace dress program identified traditional business and business casual dress. Seventy low‐income job seekers identified clothing items as traditional business (e.g., suits, ties), similar to identifications made by professionals and image consultants in previous literature. Garments selected as business casual varied than did selections for traditional business. Garments identified as casual business varied from preprogram to postprogram, whereas selections for traditional business remained relatively stable. The results suggest a need to clarify the parameters of business casual in workplace dress programming and future research.

  June 03, 2013   doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2013.00024.x   open full text