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Applying the Happenstance Learning Theory to Involuntary Career Transitions
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Krumboltz, John D.; Foley, Pamela F.; Cotter, Elizabeth W. – Career Development Quarterly, 2013
The happenstance learning theory (HLT) proposes a model of career counseling that helps clients to build more satisfying personal and work lives. Although reflective listening remains an essential part of the process, HLT is an action-oriented approach to helping clients to both create and benefit from unplanned events. Success is measured not by…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Career Counseling, Job Layoff, Career Change
Examining Burnout and Engagement in Layoff Survivors: The Role of Personal Strengths
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Cotter, Elizabeth W.; Fouad, Nadya A. – Journal of Career Development, 2013
This study investigates burnout and work engagement in layoff survivors. Layoff survivors are defined as individuals who remain working at organizations that have recently had layoffs. Job demands (job insecurity and work overload) and job and personal resources (social support, optimism, career adaptability, and career management self-efficacy)…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Burnout, Work Attitudes, Employee Attitudes
Examining the Personal Resources of Layoff Survivors
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Cotter, Elizabeth W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated the process of burnout and engagement in layoff survivors. Job demands (job insecurity and work overload) and resources (social support, optimism, career adaptability, and career management self-efficacy) were examined as predictors of burnout and engagement. The sample consisted of 203 adults currently working at…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Burnout, Job Security, Coping