Professional Identity and Self-concept of Estonian Social Workers

Towards a New Profession: Counselor Professional Identity in Italy. A Delphi Study

“…North American literature on professional counseling identity , as well as Italian and other international literature on related professions (Golczyńska-Grondas, 2011;Johnson, Cowin, & Young, 2012;Ross & Crow, 2010;Samaniego & Cárcamo, 2013;Sarchielli & Fraccaroli, 2002), all confirm the benefits of a clear professional identity. From this perspective, this final result of a list of elements characterizing the profession of counseling in Italy is useful to the profession, because the identified elements can also be used by counselors themselves and by professional counselor associations to develop a common analysis and a more strategic reading of the profession's identity.…”

“…Before presenting an analysis of the available literature on Italian counseling it seems appropriate to discuss the importance of counseling professional identity as a whole, because this identity is what allows counselors to clearly define the goal as well as the modalities of their professional interventions . The need to establish a clear professional identity is, however, not limited to the counseling world, since other helping professions in Italy and across the world -such as social work, nursing and psychology -have also faced the challenge of defining their own professional identity, and still continue to do so (Golczyńska-Grondas, 2011;Johnson, Cowin & Young, 2012;Ross & Crow, 2010;Samaniego & Cárcamo, 2013;Sarchielli & Fraccaroli, 2002).…”

How Is Professional Identity Associated with Teacher Career Satisfaction? A Cross-Sectional Design to Test the Multiple Mediating Roles of Psychological Empowerment and Work Engagement

“…Meanwhile, they believed that psychological empowerment reflects personal needs that require satisfying, which may mean that individuals with high levels of psychological empowerment could generate more psychological resources. According to COR theory [ 49 ], improving an individual’s professional identity effectively supplements psychological resources [ 65 , 66 ]. The increase in psychological resources will increase the individual’s work enthusiasm and thus improve work engagement and career satisfaction [ 30 , 67 ].…”