Overview

This book will help career assessors offer practical guidance that can make a real difference in people's lives. Key assessment factors include occupational interests, abilities, and personality characteristics. Career and work contribute significantly to personal and life satisfaction—and, when they are problematic, to personal unhappiness and stress. In this comprehensive career assessment book, Rodney L. Lowman addresses the three major areas that matter the most for understanding and helping people with their career choices: occupational interests, abilities (broadly defined), and personality characteristics. Chapters examine how these factors relate to career satisfaction, how to assess them using psychometric measures, and how to integrate the results of these assessments with the clients’ specific needs and goals. Detailed case examples are included, as well as a nuanced discussion of ethics and technology. Lowman’s career assessment model is one of the few that aims to fully integrate vocational interests, abilities, and personality characteristics—three domains that have proven their value in career assessment across a broad range of career concerns. By applying this model, career assessors can offer practical career guidance that makes a big difference in peoples' lives.    

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Author:   Rodney L. Lowman
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Weight:   1.014kg
ISBN:  

9781433836930

ISBN 10:   1433836939
Pages:   582
Publication Date:   21 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface  Introduction: The Interdomain Model of Career Assessment Chapter 1. Scope of Career Assessment Work  I. Assessing Vocational Interests Chapter 2. Defining and Contextualizing Vocational Interests Chapter 3. The “Big Six” RIASEC Interest Types  Chapter 4. Applications: Choosing Interest Measures, Interpreting Individual-Level Interest Results, and Case Illustrations II. Assessing Career-Related Abilities Chapter 5. Career-Related Abilities: Conceptual Issues and General Intelligence   Chapter 6. Mechanical and Physical Abilities Chapter 7. Spatial Abilities   Chapter 8. Artistic and Creative Abilities   Chapter 9. Social Abilities: Social and Emotional Intelligence Chapter 10. Managerial and Leadership Abilities Chapter 11. Perceptual, Computational, and Other Abilities Chapter 12. Case Illustrations of Ability Profiles III. Assessing Career-Related Personality Characteristics Chapter 13. Conceptual and Measurement Issues of Career-Related Personality Chapter 14. The Five-Factor Model of Personality   Chapter 15. Other Career-Relevant Personality Characteristic   Chapter 16. Applications: Case Illustrations of Personality Profiles IV. Applying the Interdimensional Model Chapter 17. Relationships Across Interest, Ability, and Personality Domains   Chapter 18. Applying the Interdomain Model: A Step-by-Step Process for Integrating Career Assessment Data  Chapter 19. Client Feedback and Report Preparation  Chapter 20. Ethical/Legal and Technological Issues References

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Dr. Lowman had done it again! This is the best, most complete, and yet one of the most practical books for career assessment available. If you conduct career or work assessments, or plan to, this volume will be invaluable. The book covers the three main areas of career assessment, including interests, abilities, and personality, and includes an excellent summary of the theory and research of these domains. It is also a practical guide with numerous helpful case examples. Assessments are a critical part of career assessment and coaching, and Lowman provides an excellent review of the key assessments necessary to do this work.--Jeffrey E. Auerbach, PhD, President, College of Executive Coaching; author of Personal and Executive Coaching: The Complete Guide for Mental Health Professionals This very practical and useful book presents a strategy for assessing and integrating the domains of interests, personality, and ability aimed at facilitating career counseling and the career choice process. In a meaningful and informative style, the author integrates theory, research, and practice across these three relevant domains.--W. Bruce Walsh, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus; Fellow, American Psychological Association What makes Lowman's book special is that he understands the essence and purpose of career assessment, as well as the research integrated from the many disciplines that regularly provide these data. Lowman lays out a process and examines the evidence, even identifying unresolved or still-emerging issues. This book is a comprehensive treatment of the core issues in career assessment that also addresses human diversity, technology, and ethics.--Mark Pope, EdD, Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Recipient, Eminent Career Award, National Career Development Association (2008); President, National Career Development Association (1998-1999); President, American Counseling Association (2003-2004) It is rare to find a book on career assessment or, for that matter, on individual differences that presents an integrative literature review and models of abilities, personality traits, and interests. Rodney Lowman has crafted such a book, one that advances assessment and interpretation for practitioners and researchers in vocational and organizational psychology. --James Rounds, PhD, Professor, Educational Psychology and Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Author Information

Rodney L. Lowman, PhD, ABAP, is president of Lowman & Richardson/Consulting Psychologists, and a distinguished professor emeritus of CSPP, Alliant International University, San Diego. Dr. Lowman is author/editor of 13 books and monographs and over 130 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and has made presentations worldwide. His research/practice areas include assessment, career/work issues, and professional ethics. He is a fellow of several American Psychological Association divisions (1, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, and 52). His books include Counseling and Psychotherapy of Work Dysfunctions; An Introduction to Consulting Psychology: Working With Individuals, Groups, and Organizations; and Career Assessment: Integrating Interests, Abilities, and Personality. 

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