The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty: The Eroding Work Experience in America

David L. Blustein

ISBN 10: 0190213701 / ISBN 13: 9780190213701

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty: The Eroding Work Experience in America
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190213701
• ISBN 13: 9780190213701
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 560 grams

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Synopsis

Drawing from extensive interviews with working people across the US, as well as insights from psychological research on work and careers, The Importance of Work in an Age of Uncertainty provides compelling evidence that the nature of work in the US is eroding-- and with powerful psychological and social consequences.

About the Author

David L. Blustein is Professor in the Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. He has published over 120 journal articles and book chapters on the psychology of working, career development, work-based transitions, the exploration process, the interface between work and mental health, and the future of work. He is the author of The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy and the editor of the Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Working. Professor Blustein is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the National Career Development Association, and the American Educational Research Association, and he is the recipient of the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Personality and Career Research, the Extended Research Award by the American Counseling Association, and an Eminent Career Award from the National Career Development Association. In addition to his academic, scholarly, and public policy work, he also has served as a practicing counseling psychologist, providing psychotherapy and work-based counseling to adults and late adolescents.