When conducting a search of the literature concerning the career decision-making process undertaken by Vietnamese Australian tertiary students, various papers concerning career counselling with ethnic minorities and cross-cultural career counselling have been consulted. This paper presents the main points in the literature because of their relevance to the Australian context. The knowledge and skills required of career counsellors who work with such clients, as described in these texts, highlight the challenges facing these professionals.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BowmanS. L. (1993). Career intervention strategies for ethnic minorities. Career Development Quarterly, 42, 14–25
2.
BrownD.BrooksL. & Associates (1984). Career choice and development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
3.
FeatherN. T. (1986). Value systems across cultures: Australia and China. International Journal of Psychology21, 697–715
4.
FouadN. A. (1993). Cross-cultural vocational assessment. Career Development Quarterly, 42, 4–13
5.
HarringtonT. F. (1991). The cross-cultural applicability of theCareer Decision-Making System. The Career Development Quarterly, 39, 209–219
6.
HawksB. K.MuhaD. (1991). Facilitating the career development of minorities: Doing it differently this time. The Career Development Quarterly, 39, 251–260
7.
KatzP. H. (1981). Career counselling materials and techniques for use with Vietnamese. California: San Jose City College
8.
LeongF. T. L. (1986). Counselling and psychotherapy with Asian Americans: A review of the literature. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 33, 196–206
9.
LeongF. T. L. (1993). The career counselling process with racial-ethnic minorities: The case of Asian Americans. Career Development Quarterly, 42, 26–40
10.
SwansonJ. L. (1993). Integrating a multicultural perspective into training for career counseling: Programmatic and individual interventions. Career Development Quarterly, 42, 41–49
11.
WestwoodM. J.IshiyamaF. I. (1991). Challenges in counseling immigrant clients: Understanding intercultural barriers to career adjustment. Journal of Employment Counseling, 28, 130–143
