Career Counseling

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Albery, K. & Luzzo, D. (1999) look at the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and the Wiener’s Attribution Theories (WAT) in relation to student’s perceived career-related barriers. Included in those perceived barriers are socioeconomic influences and the individual’s beliefs about the gravity of those influences related to their career success and development. These social influences include economic barriers, lack of family support, and cultural role model. The authors state that these interlocking factors influence the student’s perceived options and available outcomes.
Blustein, D. Chaves, A. Dimer, M. Gallagher, L. Marshall, K. & Sirin, S.
Bhati, K. (2002) sought to examine the impact of social class on the school-to-work transition. The authors studied two cohorts of ten men and women in low-skilled positions. The cohorts were grouped based upon their family’s high or low socioeconomic status. The authors reviewed job opportunities, outcomes and satisfaction as a result of each cohort’s family’s socioeconomic background, and found a significant difference between the two groups in favor of the cohort from high socioeconomic backgrounds as a result of opportunities available to them, and support they received ongoing.
Cohen-Scali, V. (2003) reviewed how individuals create their own professional identity. The author defined professional identity an individual’s perception of them self as a working individual, including the nature of occupations that they pursue. The article examines influences an individual’s professional identity including socioeconomic influences and support from their communities in obtaining highly-satisfying jobs throughout employment including part-time and entry-level jobs prior to entering a desired ongoing career.
Cummings Perrucci, C. & Perrucci, R. (1970) look to examine the effect of social origins on an individual’s opportunities to transfer employment. The bas...