§16§§This second edition of the International Handbook of Career Guidance presents the outcomes of an international collaborative project. It is intended as a catalyst for reform and was designed to support the development of career guidance in the years to come. §§In the course of three years, we editors had the privilege to work with over 70 colleagues throughout the world to produce this Handbook. Gathering a collection of papers reflecting diverse aspects of career guidance, it provides an overview of the career and vocational guidance domain for an international readership, while also offering an essential reference guide for researchers and professionals in the expanding field of career development.§§§§Accordingly, the Handbook includes coverage of the background and history of guidance, as well as highly topical issues concerning the psychology of working, career as calling, constructivism and careers in the modern world of work. Policy issues relating to t §16§he provision of career services, as well as professional issues in connection with career education, career counselling, career assessment, program evaluation and research methodologies are also addressed.§§§§§§§§ §02§§James Athanasou is a psychologist and in private practice since the 1980s. He specialises only in medico-legal vocational assessment following personal injury and is cited in more than 14 reported judgements in the AustLii. He is also an Associate Professor (0.4) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, where he lectures in Applied Vocational Rehabilitation, Biopsychosocial Aspects of Disability and co-ordinates the Dissertation program. He is retiring in December 2018 but will continue in private practice and research on vocational interests and the return to work following accident or injury. He is an honorary professor in the Australian Collaboratory for Career Employability 〓02§nal of Career Development.§§Dr. Harsha N. Perera, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he leads the Educational and Career Pathways Lab. His research centres on the social-cognitive-based motivational processes involved in educational choice and achievement. In addition, he has interests and expertise in advanced latent variable modelling methods, including latent variable approaches to validity assessment. Dr Perera serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, School Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Career Assessment, Frontiers in Psychology, Australian Journal of Career Development, and the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance.§§ §§ §
