Chapter 13-Ensuring Quality in Theory , Research , and Practice : The Career Development

Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice in Vocational Psychology: Current Status and Future Directions As a field, it is imperative that vocational psychology continues to ensure high quality integration of theory, research, and practice. Perhaps no place is more important for this integration to occur from a scholarly perspective than in the journal The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ). CDQ is the flagship journal of the National Career Development Association (NCDA). The journal publishes four issues a year, which are received by its entire membership consisting of thousands of career development professionals, most of whom are full time practitioners (NCDA, 2015). Accordingly, articles in CDQ have a high degree of visibility to individuals working in a variety of careerrelated professions. As a member of CDQ’s editorial board and as an author of eight articles in the journal in the last ten years, I will discuss ways in which CDQ attempts to maintain quality integration, and I will also discuss opportunities to make this integration stronger and more accessible.