The Psychology of Working ─ A New Perspective for Carrer Development, Counseling, And Public Policy

In presenting this book, Blustein (counseling psychology, Boston College) seeks to place the experience of work at the same level of importance as intimate relationships, physical and mental health, and socioeconomic inequities for social and behavioral science and psychotherapy. Synthesizing the literature from psychology research and theory and, to a lesser extent, from sociology, anthropology, and economics and the voices of workers speaking of their own experience, he examines the role of work in fulfilling such human needs such as the need for survival, relational connection, and self-determination; the impact of social barriers on the ability to fulfill such needs; and the theoretical, research, and clinical implications of the psychology of working. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)