This investigation examined the role of relationships with parents, siblings, and significant others in the career development process. Individual interviews were conducted to clarify the nature of these relationships and their association with career exploration and decision making. The narrative data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research methods as described by Hill, Thompson, and Williams. One of the most prominent factors in relational influence-particularly across the mother, father, and most important sibling domains-was the relationship as a multidimensional source of support. The results are discussed within the context of the core set of social support functions identified by Cutrona and Russell. Implications for theory and practice and directions for future research are offered.

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This article reviews the current status of career theory in practice and presents a theoretical overview of relational theory and its logical extension to the career domain. Despite the emergence of literature regarding the interconnectedness of career progress and the quality of relationships in one's life (e.g., D. L. , 2001), counseling practice is limited by the absence of a meaningful approach to intervene in clients' relational and career worlds. The relational career counseling approach moves counseling toward a contextually based relational perspective to facilitating career progress. This approach is illustrated with a case example.

Dramatic changes in the workforce and workplace contribute to the need for a synthesis of knowledge on the interdependence of family life, work, and the vocational development of children, adolescents, and adults. Four prominent themes in the work and family literature are reviewed with the intention of providing guidance for all applied psychologists. These include (a) the meaning of work embedded in people's lives, (b) multiple life roles, (c) work and family navigation, and (d) supportive family systems.

An inclusive paradigm that emphasizes the nature and inevitable cultural shaping of meaning-making through relationships is represented as the relational cultural paradigm for vocational psychology presented in this article. This paradigm represents a phenomenological worldview or meta-theory for understanding meaning and mattering in worklife. The concept of worklife represents the nexus of work (unbound by dichotomous distinctions such as labour market and personal work), relationships, and culture (including the cultural construction of gender). Narratives are identified as a tool for understanding the meanings people construct.Résumé. L'émergence d'un paradigme culturel relationnel pour la psychologie vocationnelle. On présente dans cet article comme paradigme culturel relationnel pour la psychologie vocationnelle un paradigme intégré qui souligne la nature et le façonnement culturels inévitables de la construction du sens à travers les relations. Ce paradigme représente une conception du monde ou une méta-théorie phénoméno-logique permettant de comprendre le sens et l'importance que revêt une vie de travail. Le concept de vie de travail recouvre le complexe travail (affranchi de distinctions dichotomiques telles que le marché du travail et le travail personnel), relations et culture (y compris la construction culturelle du genre). On identifie les récits comme un outil pour la compréhension des significations que les personnes construisent.Zusammenfassung. Das Auftauchen eines relationalen kulturellen Paradigmas in der Berufspsychologie. Ein umfassendes Paradigma für die Berufspsychologie, das den Charakter und die unvermeidliche kulturelle Prägung der