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This book is the product of a series of reflections by career counseling and guidance specialists on a question central to society: "How can career and life design interventions contribute to fair and sustainable development and to the implementation of decent work all over the world? ". This question was formulated by Professor J. Guichard, the director of the UNESCO Chair in Lifelong Guidance and counseling at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. The researchers involved in this Chair’s activities proposed answers which form the chapters of this book. These reflections emphasize the need to focus on the study and implementation of certain central psychological processes which can enable in...
Après un examen critique des principaux modèles et concepts appliqués à l'étude des représentations d'avenir des adolescents, ce livre s'attache à mettre en lumière les variables contextuelles qui participent de la construction des projets des adolescents burkinabè. Il s'inscrit dans une perspective sociale utile en vue de faire évoluer les politiques d'orientation au Burkina Faso.
Malgré la croissance démographique importante des pays africains et leur population jeune, ces pays parviennent difficilement à tirer pleinement profit de cet avantage en raison du manque d'opportunités d'emploi pour les jeunes. Les systèmes éducatifs sont également considérés comme inadaptés aux besoins du marché du travail. Cet ouvrage examine le système éducatif, l'orientation scolaire et professionnelle ainsi que leur contribution à l'insertion socioprofessionnelle des jeunes dans trois pays d'Afrique francophone (Burkina Faso, Cameroun et Togo), dans le contexte de la promotion de l'entrepreneuriat et du travail décent.
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Keeping up with new developments in vocational psychology is important to both psychological practitioners and researchers. This volume is devoted to presenting and evaluating important advances in the field of career decision making, development, and maturity. More specifically, it identifies, reports, and evaluates significant contemporary developments in vocational psychology and provides both professional workers and students with an informed understanding of the progress taking place in the field. The history and theory of the assessment of career development and decison making are explored as well as advances in career planning systems. An expanded context for the study and evaluation of career development variables is also described.
The aging of baby boomers, along with the predicted decrease of the available labor pool, will place increased scrutiny and emphasis on issues relating to an aging workforce. Furthermore, future economic downturns will place strong pressure on older workers to remain in the workforce, and on retirees to seek employment again. Aging and Work in the 21st Century reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work. Chapter authors, all leading experts within their respective areas, provide recommendations for future research, practice, and/or public policy. This definitive source comprehensively reviews: trends and implications regardin...