Work Careers

Daniel C. Feldman (Ph.D., Yale University) is the James Bradley Distinguished Foundation Fellow at the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management, the associate editor of Human Resource Management, and the consulting editor for the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

• Foreword xiNeal SchmittPreface xvThe Contributors xixPart One: Foundations of Career Development1 Stability in the Midst of Change: A Developmental Perspective on the Study of Careers 3Daniel C. Feldman2 More than the Big Five: Personality and Careers 27Jill C. Bradley, Arthur P. Brief, Jennifer M. George3 Skill Acquisition and Person-Environment Fit 63Cheri Ostroff, Yuhyung Shin, Barbara FeinbergPart Two: Career Development Across the Life Span4 When you come to a Fork in the Road, Take it: Career Indecision and Vocational Choices of Teenagers and Young Adults 93Daniel C. Feldman5 The School-to-Work Transition 126Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison6 The Establishment Years: A Dependence Perspective 159Terri A. Scandura7 Career Development in Midcareer 186Harvey L. Sterns, Linda M. Subich8 Career Issues Facing Older Workers 214Terry A. Beehr, Nathan A. BowlingPart Three: The Changing Context of Career Development9 Public Policy and the Changing Legal Context of Career Development 245Jon M. Werner10 The Changing Organizational Context of Careers 274Carrie R. Leana11 International Careers as Repositories of Knowledge: A New Look at Expatriation 294Gregory K. Stephens, Allan Bird, Mark E. MendenhallPart Four: Directions for Industrial/Organizational Practice and Research12 Organizational Assistance in Career Development 323Manuel London13 Advancing Research on Work Careers: A Developmental Perspective on Theory Building and Empirical Research 346Daniel C. FeldmanName Index 373Subject Index 385

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