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Download full textNeuenschwander, Markus P.; Hofmann, Jan; Jüttler, Andreas; Schumann, Stephan – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2018
Context: Following the social cognitive career theory of Lent, Brown, and Hackett (1994), the current study examines the effect of role models' professions and practical internship experiences on the choice of professional environment independent of professional interests. Embedded in the Swiss context with its strong vocational training system,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Role Models, Internship Programs
Peer reviewedEdwards, Keith J.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1974
Hypothesizes that occupational perceptions are more specific for older age groups than for younger age groups. Hypothesis was tested by using latent root analysis and minimum residual factor analysis to analyze intercorrelations among six Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) scales for five large and diverse samples. Both analyses supported the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aspiration, Career Choice
Peer reviewedHolland, Thomas A.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1974
Significant relationships between the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were again empirically demonstrated in this study, and conversion equations were developed to use standard scores of SVIB scales, rather than items, to produce estimates of VPI scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Evaluation Methods, Occupational Aspiration
Peer reviewedRounds, James B.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Examines fit of the correlations among the SCII General Occupational Theme scales to Holland's RIASEC hexagon model. Results suggest the SCII General Occupational Themes may be interpreted in the context of Holland's hexagon model for males but that further study is needed to support the scales for females. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Females, Interest Inventories, Males
Peer reviewedDi Scipio, William J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1974
A principal components analysis was applied to a 135-item pool of the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory, Sixth Revision. The a priori clinical scales were partially upheld with differences attributed to the characteristics of the sample and sociopolitical time context during which the test was administered. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Interest Inventories, Occupational Aspiration
Haase, Richard F.; And Others – 1979
Discriminant analysis of Holland's Self Directed Search and Vocational Preference Inventory significantly improved the predictive validity of his classification scheme, over the traditional method of assigning high point codes. These results were obtained with both an initial and a replication sample of undergraduates pursuing various degrees. The…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Classification, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRosen, Gerald A.; Baggaley, Andrew R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The scores from the Milwaukee Academic Interest Inventory (MAII) effected a significant pattern of examinee discrimination among Holland's six personality types, as specified by his Vocational Preference Inventory. Close relationships are shown among personality, academic interests, and vocational choice as well as the construct validity of the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Interest Inventories, Personality Assessment
Docking, Russell A.; Thornton, Jennifer A. – 1980
The relationship between anxiety, educational self-theory, and vocational preference was investigated using two separate samples (149 and 262) of high school students. Anxiety was measured using the anxiety component of Zuckerman's Affect Adjective Checklist (AACL). A measure of self-theory was obtained via the Profile of Read/Ideal Scholastic…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anxiety, Career Choice, Females
Geoffroy, Kevin – 1985
One hundred and five English undergraduate college students at two colleges in England completed the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), the Barron Ego Strength Scale, the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale, and the Occupational Values Q Sort. Congruent students were identified by matching their reading (major)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Congruence (Psychology), Higher Education, Locus of Control
Maryland Univ., College Park. Maryland Longitudinal Study Steering Committee. – 1989
As part of a 5-year study of 772 students who entered the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1980, a study was conducted of the relationship between John Holland's concept of vocational identity (sureness and confidence in one's vocational plans) and personality type (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising or conventional)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Harvey, David W. – 1973
This study was designed to examine the validity and test-retest reliability of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) for 61 adult women. The VPI was administered at the beginning of a group guidance program and the preference for Holland's six personality styles - intellectual, conventional, enterprising, realistic, social, artistic -…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Females, Guidance Programs, Interest Inventories
Docking, Russell A.; Thornton, Jennifer A. – 1979
The Zuckerman Affect Adjective Check List (AACL) is used to measure trait anxiety and situation-specific trait anxiety relating to peer interaction, vocational aspiration, and the learning of English, mathematics, science and social studies. The subjects were 262 grade 10 students attending an Australian metropolitan high school. Additional…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anxiety, Correlation, English
Harren, Vincent A. – 1979
A study of 1,500 college students was conducted to determine the effect of sex role attitude and cognitive style on the career decision-making of college men and women. An overlapping longitudinal design (which allowed the study of undergraduates at one-year intervals), selected personal interviews, and five measures of sex-role attitude,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Cognitive Style, College Students
