The Career Path Tournament: Developing Awareness of Sociological Barriers to Career Advancement
✍ Scribed by Mark B. Scholl
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 832 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-4019
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
The author of this article presents the Career Path Tournament, a game for heightening participants' awareness of sociological factors (e.g., race, gender, and discrimination in hiring) influencing career advancement and of the need to anticipate and cope with these factors. The game, which is based on Rosenbaum's (1976Rosenbaum's ( , 1981Rosenbaum's ( , 1984) Tournament Model, is intended for junior high, high school, and college students in a classroom setting. Undergraduate participants' (N = 74) quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the game are presented as evidence that the game raised awareness of sociological barriers and provided participants with helpful suggestions for adaptively coping with these barriers.