A longitudinal study of school counselors revealed high career stability and positive professional growth within the maintenance stage of career development. (Author/ABB)

This article describes a model for updating and midcareer development and change. The model consists of motivation and work environment variables. (Author)

The author points out a malaise among a significant portion of white male workers in America and suggests a need for programs that combine improved counseling and education efforts designed to improve the work lives and social environment of the contemporary generation of men and women. (Author)

Examines the current conception of voluntary career change by focusing on managers and professionals who switched careers during their middle years. This group is of interest because they have defined career paths, and have been more likely to remain in established careers through their working lives. (Author)

Questionnaires were used to determine the extent of rational as opposed to incremental decision-making behavior, and the relative ineffectiveness of these approaches as used by two groups of midlife career changers. Although the rational approach was more effective, the incremental approach was used by two-thirds of the respondents. (RC)

Pilot interviews with middle-aged men who had made major career changes revealed considerable diversity in values and motivations and yielded a preliminary typology of career changers. (Author)

Examined disaster variables that contribute to survivor job change using interviews with 44 flood victims. Results showed that the victim's age, degree of home damage, and employer supportiveness were factors in predicting job change. Discusses the role of the counselor. (JAC)

Surveyed 691 teachers to investigate whether those who regretted their career choice differed in perceived occupational stress from those who were content. Results showed 52 percent of the teachers would not choose teaching again. They were absent more often and reported stress as a factor in their absences. (JAC)

The growing proportion of older persons in the population offers counselors opportunities to exercise their expertise and to reap further rewards of professional service. Helping professionals must become expert regarding the counseling needs of older persons and special considerations and emphases in meeting these needs. (Author)

Compared three groups of people (N=134) facing midcareer crisis using a structured interview. Suggested that Hopson and Adams' (1977) model can provide a framework for understanding emotional factors in voluntary career transitions. Janis and Mann's (1977) conflict model describes where in the decision-making process the groups chose alternative…

Discusses the nature of, rationale for, and importance of support systems. Two models for using support systems in career counseling are presented: needs assessment model and pictorial (Gestalt) model. Techniques for helping adult clients use supports in the career-change process are described. (RC)

Women making the transition from home to paid employment often need help identifying their values, setting goals, assessing abilities and interests, and organizing a job search compaign. An overview of a three-day workshop planned to address these issues is presented. (Author/CC)

At mid-life, many workers--including those in middle management jobs--face several decades of wearily repeating the same activities and are therefore boxed-in. Now there are signs of interest in breaking out of the box through industrial programs, educational programs, legislation, and counseling. (Author)

The New Careers for Adults program demonstrated that a large number of adults are looking for, and are responsive to, a group career exploration process designed to direct people into occupational educational training programs. (Author)

Career change and life-style are closely related, but not in all instances. Different kinds of changers are examined and implications for counseling are drawn. (Author)