Information for Authors.

The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ) invites articles regarding career counseling, individual and organizational career development, work and leisure, career education, career coaching, and career management. Methodologies can include but are not limited to literature reviews that make research accessible to practitioners, case studies, history and public policy analyses, qualitative research, and quantitative research that is of specific relevance to the practice of career development. Each article should include implications for practice because CDQ is concerned with fostering career development through the design and use of career interventions.

Regular manuscripts must be double-spaced throughout (including references) and must not exceed 26,700 characters (including spaces), 3,750 words, or 15 pages. Occasionally, a longer manuscript may be considered. Provide, but do not count, a cover page with each author's name, position, and place of employment, and a clear abstract of up to 100 words that provides essential information about the article. Authors should not place their names or other identifying information on the manuscript itself because all manuscripts are peer-reviewed with a blind reviewing system. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via e-mail as an attachment to CDQ@ncda.org. Manuscripts will be acknowledged by e-mail when they are received.

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 technique's effectiveness will be included in such articles. Manuscripts submitted to the "Effective Techniques" section should be double-spaced throughout (including references) and should not exceed 21,360 characters (including spaces), 3,000 words, or 12 pages. Such articles 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 technique's effectiveness, and (d) a summary.

"Brief Reports" manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout (including references) and should not exceed, 8,900 characters (including spaces), 1,250 words, or 5 pages (excluding title page, an abstract of no 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, sample, analyses, results, and implications for research and practice).

The "Global Visions" section contains articles addressing issues of career counseling and development in countries outside the United States. These manuscripts ...