ERIC Number: EJ967620
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 13
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Fitting Organizational Behavior and Socialization into the Rehabilitation Counseling Curriculum
Mitus, Jamie S.; Hart, Zachary P.
Rehabilitation Education, v22 n2 p133-145 2008
High unemployment persists among individuals with disabilities in part due to problems with job retention (Gibbs, 1990; Kirsch, 2000; Louis Harris and Associates, 2000). A contributor to the problem may be the lack of academic training offered by rehabilitation counseling programs on organizational behavior and socialization concepts relevant to new employee integration (Jenkins & Strauser, 1999; Murphy & Foreman, 1993). This article argues for the infusion of organizational behavior and socialization into the rehabilitation counseling curriculum. Presented is a Workplace Socialization (WPS) model that entails 10 training modules of organizational behavior and socialization within the context of employment services. Rehabilitation counselor educators are encouraged to consider adopting content from the modules into the academic preparation of rehabilitation counseling students. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Socialization, Disabilities, Learning Modules, Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselor Educators, Organizational Climate, Employees, Models, Work Environment, Counselor Training
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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