Career and Vocational Psychology Texts

The texts used in the career and vocational psychology syllabi represent a breadth of interests. The letters inside the parentheses are our code for the course syllabi tables. The scoring rubrics for the page are avilable.

Bolles, R.N. (2001 OR 2002). What color is your parachute? A practical manual for job-hunters & career changers. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. (((bol)))

Bridges, W. (1994). JobShift: How to prosper in a workplace without jobs. New York: Addison Wesley. ((((wb))))

Brown, D. (2003). Career information, career counseling, and career development (8th ed.).
Boston: Allyn and Bacon ((b))

Brown, D., & Brooks, L. (1996). Career Choice and Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (((b&b)))

Career Counseling for African Americans. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. ((CCAA))

Gysbers, N. C., Heppner, M. J., & Johnston, J. A. (1998). Career counseling: Process, issues, and techniques. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ((ghj))

Gysbers, N.C., Heppner, M. J., & Johnson, J. A. (2003). Career counseling: Process, issues and techniques. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.((ghj))

Kapes, J.T. & Mastie, M.M. (1994). A counselor's guide to career assessment instruments (3rd
Edition). Alexandria, Va.: National Career Development Association ((k&m))

Leong, F.T.L. (Ed.) (1995). Career Development and Vocational Behavior of Racial and
Ethnic Minorities. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.(((l)))

Niles, S. G. & Harris-Bowlsbey, J. (2002). Career development interventions in the 21st century. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill Prentice Hall. (((n&b)))

Osipow, S. H., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (1996). Theories of career development (4th Ed). Boston: Allyn & Bacon (((o&f))))

Quick, J. C., & Tetrick, L. E. (2003). Handbook of occupational health psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association ((q&t))

Reardon, R. C., Lenz, J. G., Sampson, J. P., Jr., & Peterson, G. W. (2000). Career development and planning: A comprehensive approach. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. (((r)))

Sampson, J. P., Jr., Reardon, R. C., Lenz, J. G., & Peterson, G. W. (in preparation). Career counseling and services: A cognitive information processing approach. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University, Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development, Tallahassee.(((S)))

Sharf, R. (2001). Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling (3rd eds). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing. (((rs)))

Spokane, A. R. (1991). Career Intervention. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. ((ars)))

Suler, J. (2002). The Psychology of Cyberspace (((sul)))

Swanson, J., & Fouad, N. (1999). Career theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (((s&f)))

Swanson, J. L., & Fouad, N. A. (1999). Career theory and practice: Learning through case studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. ((s&f)))

Walsh, W. B., Osipow, S. H. (Eds.). Handbook of vocational psychology (2nd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates ((((w&o)))

Ward, W. B., Bingham, R. P., Brown, M.T., & Ward, C.M. (Eds.) (2001). (((wbb&w)))

Yost, E.B. and Corbishley, M.A. (1987). Career Counseling. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (((y&c)))

Zunker, V. G. (2002). Career counseling: Applied concepts of life planning (6th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. ((z))

Zunker, V. G. & Osborn, D. S. (2002). Using Assessment Results for Career Development (6th Edition). Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole (((z&o)))