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Career Development Theories: What Help for Older Persons?
Author(s) -
TOLBERT E. L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1980.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - psychology , assertion , career development , developmental stage theories , career counseling , need theory , adult development , applied psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , maslow's hierarchy of needs , computer science , programming language
Career development theory, although most highly developed for persons in the first two or three decades of life, can help counselors plan ways to work with older persons. The career development theories of Super, Tiedeman, Holland, Blau and other sociologists, Ginzberg, and Krumboltz, as well as the developmental theories of Levinson, Gould, and Neugarten are briefly reviewed to support this assertion. Although applications should be made with caution, concepts from these theories seem to have potential for enhancing the effectiveness of counseling of older persons. There seems, however, to be an increase in research and theory‐building on the career development of this age group; more helpful guidelines can be expected in the future.