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Noncompetition Agreements: How Informed Are Counselors?
Author(s) -
Daniels M. Harry,
White Lyle J.,
Wyatt Tracey
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2003.tb00229.x
Subject(s) - similarity (geometry) , welfare , agreement , association (psychology) , psychology , mental health , business , public relations , law , social psychology , political science , psychiatry , psychotherapist , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
A noncompetition agreement is a contract between employer and employee prohibiting the practice of a trade or profession for a specified time or within a specified region upon an employee's leaving an employer's hire (A. Valiulis, 1985). The authors assessed American Mental Health Counselor Association members' knowledge of the legal bases for these contracts and their agreement with the legal opinions and also assessed the degree of similarity and dissimilarity between members' knowledge of and agreement with the legal opinions. Results showed that counselors are better prepared to look after the welfare of their clients than their own employment interests. Implications for counselor training are discussed .