William A Borgen
Biographic Data
| ID | 254009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William A Borgen |
| GIVEN NAMES | William A |
| FAMILY NAME | Borgen |
| SIGNATURE | BORGEN W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Influence of Intergenerational Knowledge and Connections on Adult Adoptee Sense of Self
Most people first begin to understand themselves within the context of family stories, knowledge, and even wounds. For adoptees, it is often challenging to understand their sense of self in relation to their families. Current literature on adoptees focuses primarily on struggles faced during childhood and adolescence, with only a small amount of research attending to the impacts of adoption that may persist into adulthood. In this study, the sign…
Career life as a game
Meeting the psychological, social, and economic challenges of career transitions requires people to be increasingly flexible and hardy. In this article, we propose that envisioning one’s life as a game can foster well-being, coping strategies, and success with career transitions. The SuperBetter approach (McGonigal, 2015. Superbetter: A revolutionary approach to getting stronger, happier, braver and more resilient. Penguin) is presented as a meta…
Investing in human–animal bonds
If consumer spending is any indication of people’s devotion to their pets, then it should come as no surprise that pet care has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Cats and dogs are the most abundant pets in industrialized countries, and it is now commonplace to speak of pets as family members. The increased spending on pets has been attributed to the sheer number of pets owned by people and, perhaps more revealing, the depth and intens…
Career Guidance and Counselling for Youth
Fifty years of the critical incident technique
It has now been 50 years since Flanagan (1954) published his classic article on the critical incident technique (CIT) - a qualitative research method that is still widely used today. This article reviews the origin and evolution of the CIT during the past 50 years, discusses CIT's place within the qualitative research tradition, examines the robustness of the method, and offers some recommendations for using the CIT as we look forward to its next…
Remembering Hans
Self-confidence and the re-entry experience for North American women
Career decision-making of high school students in Kenya
Strength Challenge as a Process for Supervision
Strength challenge is described as a method of giving feedback that helps counselor trainees identify and use their strengths more fully
Economic change in China
Gender and culture
Youth and culture
Shifting economic boundaries in Europe and North America
A culturally embedded model for effective intercultural communication
Fifty years of the critical incident technique
It has now been 50 years since Flanagan (1954) published his classic article on the critical incident technique (CIT) - a qualitative research method that is still widely used today. This article reviews the origin and evolution of the CIT during the past 50 years, discusses CIT's place within the qualitative research tradition, examines the robustness of the method, and offers some recommendations for using the CIT as we look forward to its next…
A culturally embedded model for effective intercultural communication
Shifting economic boundaries in Europe and North America
Youth and culture
Gender and culture
Economic change in China
Strength Challenge as a Process for Supervision
Strength challenge is described as a method of giving feedback that helps counselor trainees identify and use their strengths more fully
Self-confidence and the re-entry experience for North American women
Career decision-making of high school students in Kenya
Remembering Hans
Fifty years of the critical incident technique
It has now been 50 years since Flanagan (1954) published his classic article on the critical incident technique (CIT) - a qualitative research method that is still widely used today. This article reviews the origin and evolution of the CIT during the past 50 years, discusses CIT's place within the qualitative research tradition, examines the robustness of the method, and offers some recommendations for using the CIT as we look forward to its next…
Career Guidance and Counselling for Youth
Investing in human–animal bonds
If consumer spending is any indication of people’s devotion to their pets, then it should come as no surprise that pet care has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Cats and dogs are the most abundant pets in industrialized countries, and it is now commonplace to speak of pets as family members. The increased spending on pets has been attributed to the sheer number of pets owned by people and, perhaps more revealing, the depth and intens…
Career life as a game
Meeting the psychological, social, and economic challenges of career transitions requires people to be increasingly flexible and hardy. In this article, we propose that envisioning one’s life as a game can foster well-being, coping strategies, and success with career transitions. The SuperBetter approach (McGonigal, 2015. Superbetter: A revolutionary approach to getting stronger, happier, braver and more resilient. Penguin) is presented as a meta…
The Influence of Intergenerational Knowledge and Connections on Adult Adoptee Sense of Self
Most people first begin to understand themselves within the context of family stories, knowledge, and even wounds. For adoptees, it is often challenging to understand their sense of self in relation to their families. Current literature on adoptees focuses primarily on struggles faced during childhood and adolescence, with only a small amount of research attending to the impacts of adoption that may persist into adulthood. In this study, the sign…
Psychology (11 works) · Industrial and organizational psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Career Development and Diversity (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Business (3 works)