The evolution of career guidance and counseling in the people's republic of China

  • Weiyuan Zhang
  • , Xiaolu Hu
  • , Mark Pope

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Abstract

Although China has a long history of vocational guidance, it is functionally at a beginning stage in career development and counseling because of the historical vagaries of its political leadership. Vocational guidance and career counseling services, as a professional field, are now rapidly being developed to meet the growing need of Chinese society. M. Pope's (1995, 2000) social transitions stage model is applied to the development of career counseling in China. In particular, this article addresses historic and current trends in the economy and labor market in China and their profound impact on the development of career counseling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)226-236
Number of pages11
JournalCareer Development Quarterly
Volume50
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2002

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