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Career Development

Career Development is a longitudinal, self-regulated process within the broader domain of vocational behavior wherein individuals explore, establish, maintain, and advance their careers through cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement in education, training, and work contexts across the lifespan.

20.8K

Publications

1.3M

Citations

34.3K

Authors

6.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5.5K

Variants

Career Development TheoriesLife Span Career DevelopmentLife-span Career Development

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Publications

20.8K

Toward a Unifying Social Cognitive Theory of Career and Academic Interest, Choice, and Performance

Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, Gail Hackett · Journal of Vocational Behavior · 1994 · 7.3K citations

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A life-span, life-space approach to career development

Donald E. Super · Journal of Vocational Behavior · 1980 · 4.2K citations

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Getting a Job: A Study of Contacts and Careers.

Maureen T. Hallinan, Mark Granovetter · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1975 · 3.7K citations

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Career Choice and Development.

Kenneth I. Spenner, Duane Brown, Linda Brooks · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1986 · 3.2K citations

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Crafting a Job: Revisioning Employees as Active Crafters of Their Work

Amy Wrzesniewski, Jane E. Dutton · Academy of Management Review · 2001 · 3.1K citations

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Authors

34.3K

  1. AH
    Andreas Hirschi

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    73 publications · 7.8K citations

    48

    h-index

  2. DT
    Douglas T. Hall

    Boston University, United States

    57 publications · 13.6K citations

    44

    h-index

  3. RW
    Robert W. Lent

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    62 publications · 21.6K citations

    44

    h-index

  4. IG
    Itamar Gati

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    65 publications · 5.9K citations

    42

    h-index

  5. YB
    Yehuda Baruch

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    59 publications · 5.6K citations

    40

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Institutions

6.2K

  1. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    61 h-index

    219 publications

    25.1K citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    61 h-index

    240 publications

    23.3K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    60 h-index

    282 publications

    16.8K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    55 h-index

    232 publications

    22.4K citations

  5. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    54 h-index

    299 publications

    17.1K citations

  6. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    53 h-index

    261 publications

    18.7K citations

  7. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    52 h-index

    221 publications

    15.4K citations

  8. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    52 h-index

    216 publications

    39.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vocational Behavior

    1.1K publications · 128.3K citations

    174

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  2. Journal of Career Assessment

    462 publications · 30.6K citations

    95

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  3. The Career Development Quarterly

    CDQ · 564 publications · 32.6K citations

    93

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  4. Journal of Counseling Psychology

    314 publications · 29.4K citations

    84

    h-index

  5. Career Development International

    366 publications · 25.7K citations

    80

    h-index

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