Connections Between Spirit and Work in Career Development

In an age of organizational restructuring and career uncertainty, with upward mobility becoming less and less attainable, how do people find meaning and fulfilment in their work? This book addresses this critical question, offering valuable, concrete suggestions to career development professionals working with clients who long to infuse their work with values. Featuring the insights of leading counsellors and career development practitioners, educators, psychologists, clergy, and management experts, the eleven chapters in Connections Between Spirit and Work in Career Development explain how money, age, gender, and spirituality affect job satisfaction. The authors examine changes that enhance the sense of wholeness in a career, offering illuminating examples showing how people have achieved the goal of balancing work, family life, relationships, and spiritual practice. Responding to the rapidly changing terrain of contemporary work life, this volume presents an extraordinary range of tools and options for career development professionals in their work with their clients.

Authored by Bloch, Deborah; Richmond, Lee

Introduction Part One - Theory: The Meaning of Work 1. The Spirit in Career Counseling: Fostering Self-Completion Through Work 2. Creating One's Personal Meaning Throughout the Cycles of Life: Its Development in Career, Psychological, and Faith Realms 3. Work as Worth: Money or Meaning 4. Ready, Set, Grow: An Allegoric Induction into Quantum Careering 5. The Lifecareer® Process Theory: A Healthier Choice 6. How Does 'God-Talk' Speak to the Workplace?: An Essay on the Theology of Work Part Two - Applications: Connecting Spirit and Career 7. Creating Personal and Spiritual Balance: Another Dimension in Career Development 8.Vocation as Calling: Affirmative Response or 'Wrong Number' 9. Spirituality, Intentionality, and Career Success: The Quest for Meaning 10. Spirituality and Career Assessment: Metaphors and Measurement 11. Inspiriting the Workplace: Developing a Values-Based Management System Epilogue Contributors Index