Ensuring Quality in Theory, Research, and Practice: Journal of Employment Counseling

Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice: A Viewpoint from a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Career Assessment

“…As Furbish and Smith (2017) noted, such an approach can demonstrate how the integration of theoretically-based interpretive procedures and empirical research can help improve interpretations.…”

Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) Theory: Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

“…Editorial policy needs to be modified to increase content related to integrating theory, research, and practice. This could be accomplished with (a) special issues, (b) regular dedicated sections of journals, and (c) submission guidelines for regular articles including an emphasis on integration (Duffy, 2017;Flores, 2017;Fouad, 2017;Furbish & Smith, 2017;Gati, 2017;Schultheiss, 2017). Ensuring practitioner participation in research will likely require proactive support from journal editors (Duffy, 2017;Flores, 2017).…”

The Role of Refereed Journals in Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

“…As we grapple as a field to understand and capture the complexity of the human experience and the role of work in this experience, we will benefit from borrowing relevant theories from our disciplinary neighbors and incorporating constructivist and postmodern perspectives into our work. Indeed, Furbish and Smith (2017) suggest human variety and uniqueness can be best captured by contemporary models such as those described by Savickas (Savickas et al, 2009), Guichard (2009), and McMahon and Patton (2002, while both Schultheiss (2017) and Duffy (2017) identify Blustein's (2006) psychology of working approach as an example of an innovative attempt to capture the complexity present in people's lives.…”

“…Also suggested was that we consider the benefit of using constructivist and postmodern theories to guide our work. Furbish and Smith (2017) argue persuasively that in order for research to reflect the realities of contemporary work and work environments, constructivist career theories are needed. They encourage the use of theories that are not focused on explaining universals, but are instead capturing the uniqueness and intricacies of the lived experiences and personal meaning making of individuals.…”