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Culture, Motivation, and Vocational Decision-Making of Australian Senior High School Students in Private Schools
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Jung, Jae Yup; McCormick, John; Gregory, Gary; Barnett, Kerry – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of culture and motivation in the occupational decisions of senior high school students attending private schools. A theoretical framework guided the study. A questionnaire was administered to 492 Grade 11 students attending a stratified random sample of six independent (private) schools…
Descriptors: High Schools, Private Schools, Motivation, Metropolitan Areas
The Role of Personality in the Job Demands-Resources Model: A Study of Australian Academic Staff
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Bakker, Arnold B.; Boyd, Carolyn M.; Dollard, Maureen; Gillespie, Nicole; Winefield, Anthony H.; Stough, Con – Career Development International, 2010
Purpose: The central aim of this study is to incorporate two core personality factors (neuroticism and extroversion) in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. Design/methodology/approach: It was hypothesized that neuroticism would be most strongly related to the health impairment process, and that extroversion would be most strongly related to…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Structural Equation Models, Personality, Work Environment