Social Constructionism in Vocational Psychology andCareer Development -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES -- CHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM IN VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM -- Critical Stance towards Taken-for-Granted Knowledge -- Historical and Cultural Specificity of Knowledge -- Knowledge is Sustained by Social Processes -- Knowledge and Social Action -- LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE -- ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- CHAPTER 2: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORIES IN VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY -- NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- Main Principles -- Epistemology -- Rhetoric -- Research -- Practice -- RELATIONAL THEORIES -- Main Principle -- Epistemology -- Axiology -- Rhetoric -- Research -- Practice -- SYSTEMS THEORY -- Main Principles -- Epistemology -- Axiology -- Rhetoric -- Research -- Practice -- CONTEXTUAL ACTION THEORY -- Main Principle -- Epistemology -- Axiology -- Rhetoric -- Research -- Practice -- CULTURAL THEORY -- Main Principles -- Epistemology -- Axiology -- Rhetoric -- Research -- Practice -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- CHAPTER 3: SELF IN WORK AS A SOCIAL/CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION -- SELF AND DISCOURSE -- TECHNOLOGIES OF THE SELF -- Technologies of Power and the Self -- SELF AND NARRATIVE -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- CHAPTER 4: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY VIEW OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY -- TENSION BETWEEN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL: THE ECONOMICDISCOURSE -- AGENCY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE DISCOURSE OF LIBERATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- CHAPTER 5: EXTENDING THE METAPHOR OF NARRATIVE TO DIALOGICAL NARRATOR -- WHAT IS NARRATIVE? -- THE METAPHOR: CAREER AS NARRATIVE -- THE RISE OF NARRATIVE -- Structure of Narrative.

Narrative and Personal Identity -- Career Narrative as Process -- A DIALOGICAL MODEL OF NARRATIVE PROCESSING -- DIALOGICAL SELF AND CAREER -- METHODS OF ENQUIRY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- CHAPTER 6: CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARTICIPATION: INSIGHTS FROM VYGOTSKY -- THE CASES -- Heulwyn -- Victoria -- THE WORK OF VYGOTSKY -- THE ZPD -- Situated Learning -- PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AND LEARNING THROUGHACTIVITY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- CHAPTER 7: A CRITIQUE OF CAREER DISCOURSE PRACTICES -- A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST LENS -- Discourse and Practice -- POWER -- THE CHALLENGE OF CRITIQUING CAREER DISCOURSE PRACTICES -- Early 20th Century -- Mid to Late 20th Century -- Late 20th Century and Early 21st Century -- TOWARD NEW DISCOURSE PRACTICES FOR VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- CHAPTER 8: BEING, KNOWING, AND DOING: A MODEL FOR REFLEXIVITY IN SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST PRACTICES -- TOWARD REFLEXIVE PRACTICE -- MODEL OF REFLEXIVITY -- METHODS OF REFLEXIVITY -- Autoethnography -- Community of Practice -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.