Researchers and practitioners interested in the role of work in people's lives are faced with the need for new perspectives to support clients, communities, and organizations. This handbook is designed to fill this gap in the literature by focusing on the full spectrum of people who work and who want to work across the diverse contexts that frame working in the 21st century.

Part One: Theoretical Foundations ; 1. The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for a New Era ; David L. Blustein ; 2. Critical Psychology, Well-Being, and Work ; Isaac Prilleltensky and Graham B. Stead ; 3. Social Constructionist Thought and Working ; Graham B. Stead ; 4. Traditional and Emerging Career Development Theory and the Psychology of Working ; Jane L. Swanson ; Part Two: The Context of Working ; 5. Race and Working ; Lisa Y. Flores ; 6. Gender and the Psychology of Working ; Neeta Kantamneni ; 7. Toward an Inclusive LGBT Psychology of Working ; Mary Z. Anderson and James M. Croteau ; 8. Poverty, Social Class, and Working ; Saba Rasheed Ali ; 9. From Work and Family to a Dual Model of Working ; Mary Sue Richardson and Charles Schaeffer ; 10. Approaches to Aging and Working ; Harvey L. Sterns and Anthony A. Sterns ; 11. Work and Disability ; Ellen Fabian ; Part Three: Organizational Implications ; 12. Redefining Work, Work Identity, and Career Success ; Douglas T. Hall and Philip H. Mirvis ; 13. A More Inclusive Industrial-Organizational Psychology ; Michael J. Zickar ; Part Four: Counseling and Psychotherapy ; 14. Counseling Clients with Work-Based Challenges ; Sherri L. Turner, Julia L. Conkel Ziebell, and Robin A. Alcala Saner ; 15. Psychotherapy and the Integration of the Psychology of Working into Therapeutic Practices ; Anderson J. Franklin and Mary Beth Medvide ; Part Five: Community-based Interventions and Public Policy ; 16. The Promise of Work as a Component of Educational Reform ; Maureen E. Kenny ; 17. Training and Employment Services for Adult Workers ; Cindy L. Juntunen and Tamba-Kuii M. Bailey ; 18. Public Policy and the Psychology of Working ; Spencer G. Niles and Edwin L. Herr

"This is an outstanding research-based book on the psychology of work. Anyone who studies work and how it affects people positively or negatively should read it." -- Biz India "The book's look and feel, and the authors' writing styles, are scholarly/professional. This volume is interesting/relevant/accessible for readers beyond the psychological field. Blustein has received multiple practitioner/research awards and has written extensively on work-related topics." -D. Truty, Northeastern Illinois University, CHOICE "In this rapidly changing economy and world of work, the publication of The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Working is particularly well timed. Although each chapter is in itself worthy of analysis and discussion, the gestalt of this book is the recognition of the tremendous social and economic changes in our society and the world in the past decades, the effect on the world of work, and the development of a new theoretical framework for the psychology of working.[This handbook] should find its place as a comprehensive, modern text for graduate- and postgraduate-level students in psychology, psychiatry, social work, rehabilitation counseling, and guidance counseling. Academic theorists, educators, and clinicians will undoubtedly identify many chapters that will illuminate current philosophy and practice and encourage new thinking and understanding of work within the context of the world we are living in." --Katherine J. Edwards, M.Ed., Psychiatric Services "[The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Working] is a compilation of very fine essays by an array of outstanding scholars in the field. This edited collection not only promulgates the argument of the need for a new vision, but also provides glimpes of what 'should be' in the field of career development. The book is an outstanding companion for practitioner-scholars, researchers, and graduate students of career development. Scholars who teach other psychological disciplines that affect health should read this book and reflect on their own ways of knowing and working." --Peter Mcilveen, Career Convergence Magazine, National Career Development Association

Selling point: Provides the framework for inclusive psychological practice wherein work-based issues are weaved into counseling interventions Selling point: Adopts an activist scholarly stance that seeks to create scholarship that informs social changes and the development of humane public policies Selling point: Examines work within the natural contexts that people inhabit, including relationships, families, organizations, schools, and communities Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

Selling point: Provides the framework for inclusive psychological practice wherein work-based issues are weaved into counseling interventions Selling point: Adopts an activist scholarly stance that seeks to create scholarship that informs social changes and the development of humane public policies Selling point: Examines work within the natural contexts that people inhabit, including relationships, families, organizations, schools, and communities Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series