The Sense of Vocation: A Study of Career and Life Development - Hardcover

Cochran, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791402452 ISBN 13: 9780791402450

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1990

Synopsis

Larry Cochran examines the meaning of a sense of vocation as it is lived over the course of a life. By studying more than twenty autobiographies of people who clearly had a mission in life, the author identifies commonalities and weaves them into a general story or plot. The common story involves a detailed description of four phases of life from childhood through old age. It illustrates how a significant form that unifies desire arises in youth, how individuals transform themselves to adopt a meaningful role in a drama, how a work of life develops, and how a sense of vocation culminates. Thus, the book is important as a descriptive answer to the question of what makes life meaningful. It provides a paradigm case of career at its best.

About this title

About the Author

Larry Cochran is a Professor at University of British Columbia in the Department of Counseling Psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791402452
• ISBN 13: 9780791402450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222