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Article: Explicating an ecological approach to the career development of women.
- Article from:
- Career Development Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
- Author:
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In this response, the author highlights the contributions of E. P. Cook, M. J. Heppner, and K. M. O'Brien's (2002) ecological approach to women's career development and reviews the ways that the case studies in this special section illustrate that model. Although this model may enrich and improve career theories and counseling, the author urges caution in assuming that the emphases of an ecological model apply to all women. The concept of individual differences within, as well as between, the genders must remain paramount in career theory and counseling approaches. The author urges further attention to research and counseling interventions that help explicate the utility ...