Career Adaptability In Childhood
construct; exploration; life-span; perspective; Psychology; vocational maturity
Childhood marks the dawn of vocational development, involving developmental tasks, transitions, and change. Children must acquire the rudiments of career adaptability to envision a future, make educational and vocational decisions, explore self and occupations, and problem solve. The authors situate child vocational development within human life span and life course development paradigms and career development theory. They then consider the theoretical origins of career adaptability and examine it as a critical construct for construing vocational development. Two models derived from career construction theory offer guides for research and counseling practice designed to foster development through work and other social roles.
Hartung P J; Porfeli E J; Vondracck F W
Career Development Quarterly
2008
2008-09
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-0045.2008.tb00166.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1002/j.2161-0045.2008.tb00166.x</a>
Development Through Work And Play
benefits; career adaptability; career developrnent; leisure; life coursed; life-role salience; life-span; perspective; Psychology; Psychology; roles; Super's theory; work and play
Adopting a work-play framework that attends to the adaptive, self-enhancing potential of play in work and human development contributes to an enhanced conceptualization of careers, both within career theory generally and the developmental perspective on careers specifically. Such a framework also promotes investigations of the connections between these life domains. Five proposals are made to imbue the developmental perspective on careers with a work-play fusion. These proposals examine how a work-play integration in vocational development theory, research, and counseling practice can foster optimal human development and therein aim to advance a revitalized developmental paradigm of career. Ultimately, theory construction and research inquiry that comprehends and investigates an integration of life roles in the domains of work and play could foster adaptability in human life-span development. (C) 2002 Elsevier Scicilce (USA).
Hartung P J
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2002
2002-12
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.2002.1884" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1006/jvbe.2002.1884</a>
Complexes of the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Protein MitoNEET with Resveratrol-3-Sulfate
activators; binding; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; cluster; crystal-structure; grapes; identification; iron-sulfur proteins; life-span; mass-spectrometry; thiazolidinedione
Binding of the thiazolidinedione antidiabetic drug pioglitazone led to the discovery of a novel outer mitochondrial membrane protein of unknown function called mitoNEET. The protein is homodimeric and contains a uniquely ligated two iron-two sulfur cluster in each of its two cytosolic domains. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was employed to characterize solutions of the soluble cytosolic domain (amino acids 32-108) of the protein. Ions characteristic of dimers containing the cofactors were readily detected under native conditions. mitoNEET responded to exposure to solutions at low pH by dissociation to give monomers that retained the cofactor, followed by dissociation of the cofactor in a concerted fashion. mitoNEET formed complexes with resveratrol-3-sulfate, one of the primary metabolites of the natural product resveratrol. Resveratrol itself showed no tendency to interact with mitoNEET. The formation of complexes was evident in both electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and isothermal titration calorimetry measurements. Up to eight molecules of the compound associated with the dimeric form of the protein in a sequential fashion. Dissociation constants determined by micorcalorimetry were in the range 5-16 mu M for the various binding sites. The only other known naturally occurring binding partner for mitoNEET at present is NADPH. It is very interesting that the iron-sulfur cluster containing protein interacts with two potentially redox active substances at the surface of mitochondria. These findings provide a new direction for research into two poorly understood, yet biomedically relevant, species.
Arif W; Xu S; Isailovic D; Geldenhuys W J; Carroll R T; Funk M O
Biochemistry
2011
2011-06
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1021/bi200546s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1021/bi200546s</a>
THE AGING WORKER IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT - ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ISSUES
age; career development; job-performance; life-span; Psychology; validity
The impact of an aging workforce raises the biggest issues facing employers today. Middle age and older workers will become increasingly prevalent in the work place. In this article using five approaches to defining older workers as an organizing framework we review a number of these employment issues, The approaches include chronological, functional, psychosocial, organizational and life-span. physical and cognitive changes are addressed. Research supports the notion that older workers have the capacity to continue making contributions at work. A primary theme, regardless of the specific issue, is the predominant importance of individual differences. A lifespan approach accommodates individual differences in career patterns. The prevailing viewpoint is that adult and older adult workers need to be considered on an individual basis both in terms of career choices and planning as well as in terms of employment or promotional opportunities. Attention is given to the human resource policies that may impact older workers such as performance management, selection and training. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc
Sterns H L; Miklos S M
Journal of Vocational Behavior
1995
1995-12
Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.1995.0003" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1006/jvbe.1995.0003</a>