RESUMO
Articles including multicultural content published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP), from 1954 to 2009, were examined for themes. Multicultural content in this study was broadly defined to include the following identities: race/ethnicity, gender/sex, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, social status, disability, age, and intersections. Inclusion of articles focused on each of these identity domains was reported by decade. Gender/sex was the most prevalent multicultural identity found in the JCP, followed by race/ethnicity. The most common themes for multicultural articles, in order, were counseling process, vocation/career, and psychological processes/interventions. Academic achievement, discrimination/minority stress, and research methodology were the other common themes that were found across multicultural research. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Assuntos
Diversidade Cultural , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto/estatística & dados numéricos , Psicologia Aplicada/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Pessoas com Deficiência/estatística & dados numéricos , Etnicidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Identidade de Gênero , Humanos , Masculino , Grupos Minoritários/estatística & dados numéricos , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto/tendências , Psicologia Aplicada/tendências , Grupos Raciais/estatística & dados numéricos , Classe Social , Espiritualidade , Estados Unidos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Recent research from 1993 on performance evaluations in work settings is reviewed and integrated with the prior reset and historical bases. Contemporary research reflects several themes: General models of job performance are being developed, the job performance domain is being expanded, research continues to explore the psychometric characteristics of performance ratings, research is developing on potential bias in ratings, rater training is examined, and research continues in terms of efforts to attach utility values to rated performance. We conclude that research is progressing in traditional content areas as well in the exploration of new ground. Researchers are recognizing that job performance is more than just the execution of specific tasks and that it involves a wider array of important organizational activities. There is also an increased optimism regarding the use of supervisory ratings and recognition that such "subjective" appraisal instruments do not automatically translate into rater error or bias.