The Career Development Quarterly invites articles about work and leisure, career development, career counseling, and career education. Each article should include implications for practice because the Quarterly is concerned with fostering career development through the design and USK of career interventions.
Regular manuscripts should not exceed 14 pages typewritten, double-spaced throughout (including references) o n regular 8%"x11" white bond, and with a 1" margin all around. Occasionally, a longer manuscript may be considered. Provide, but do not count, a c o w page with each author's name, position, and place o f employment, and a clear abstract of essential information of up to 100 words. Authors should not place their names or other identifying information on the manuscript itself.
Reports of demonstrably effective career counseling methods or programs are featured in the section "Effective Techniques." Articles in this section describe theoretically based techniques that advance career development for people of all ages. Qualitative or quantitative data providing evidence of the techniques' effectiveness will be included in thest: articles. Manuscripts submitted to the "Effective Techniques" section should not exceed 12 pages typewritten, double-spaced throughout (including references) and should contain (a) a brief review of the literature related to the theoretically based intervention, (b) a clear description of the intervention, (c) a brief report of data supporting the techniques' effectiveness, and (d) a summary. The "Personal Perspectives" section contains analyses of personal career development experiences and short editorials about critical issues in research or practice. Articles prepdred for this section should not exceed 7 typewritten pages. Responses to previously published articles appear in the "Reader Reactions" section. These responses may not exceed 5 typewritten pages. "Brief Reports" manuscripts should not exceed 5 typewritten, double-spaced pages (excluding title page, an abstract o f n o more than 80 words, references, and no more than one table or figure) and should contain a clear and concise summary of the study (including rationale, objectives, design, instruments, s a ~~~p l e , analyses, results, and implications for research and practice). Submit Brief Reports manuscripts to Ellen Piel Cook, Brief Reports Action Editor,