Lawrence K. Jones

Lawrence K. Jones, Ph.D. is an American counseling psychologist, career test developer, and writer of international standing. He is a Professor Emeritus of North Carolina State University and the author of several professional career measures, The Career Key and the Career Decision Profile. [See North Carolina State University faculty profile here: http://ced.ncsu.edu/ci/counselored/faculty/jones.php ] His work has been published in more than 50 scientific journals and books. He is the author of the "Encyclopedia of Career Change and Work Issues", selected as one of the "Outstanding Reference Sources" by the American Library Association. [See North Carolina State University faculty profile here: http://ced.ncsu.edu/ci/counselored/faculty/jones.php ] He received the annual, national Professional Development award of the American Counseling Association, [See American Counseling Association website, http://www.counseling.org/AboutUs/NationalAwards/TP/Home/CT2.aspx ] and he is a National Certified Counselor.

=Publications=The Foundation Skills (1996). The 17 skills needed by all workers for high-performance workplaces. They were derived primarily from the work of the U.S. Department of Labor's (1991). Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). They may be printed free for nonprofit use with permission from the publishing, The Oryx Press.

Career Decision Profile, a four-page measure of career decision status, 1988 (also in Portuguese, Spanish, and Afrikaans).

Jones, L. K., & Lohmann, R. C. (1998). The Career Decision Profile: Using a measure of career decision status in counseling. Journal of Career Assessment, 6, 209-230.

Jones, L. K. (1996). Job skills for the 21st Century: A Guide for Students. Phoenix: The Oryx Press.

Jones, L. K. (1996). A harsh and challenging world of work: Implications for counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development, 74, 453-459.

Jones, L. K. (1994). Frank Parson's contribution to career counseling. Journal of Career Development, 20, 287-294.

Jones, L. K. (Ed.) (1992). Encyclopedia of career change and work issues. Phoenix: The Oryx Press. Selected by the American Library Association as one of the outstanding reference books of 1993.

Jones, L. K. (1993). Two career guidance instruments: Their helpfulness to students and effect on students' career exploration. The School Counselor, 40, 191-200.

Jones, L. K. (1990). The Career Key: An investigation of the reliability and validity of its scales and its helpfulness to students. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 23, 67-76.

Jones, L. K. (1989). Measuring a three-dimensional construct of career indecision among college students: A revision of the Vocational Decision Scale -- The Career Decision Profile. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 36, 477-486.

Jones, L. K., Gorman, S., & Schroeder, C. G. (1989). A comparison between the SDS and the Career Key among career undecided college students. Career Development Quarterly, 37, 334-343.

Jones, L. K. (1987). Adapting to the first semester of college: A test of Heath's model. Journal of College Student Personnel, 28, 205-211.

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