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Linna Geng; Mingxue Ma; Robert Osei-Kyei; Xiaohua Jin; Surendra Shrestha – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2025
Purpose: The construction industry, characterised by its dynamic nature, demands graduates equipped with diverse skills beyond academic proficiency. Recognizing the significance of employability skills, this study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the employability skills to meet the evolving demands of the construction industry.…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Construction Industry, Soft Skills
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Wright, Stephen L.; Perrone, Kristin M. – Journal of Career Development, 2008
There has been a significant amount of research investigation focused on the construct of attachment, and also a significant amount of research investigation using the social cognitive career theory (SCCT). More recently, researchers have investigated the influence of attachment on career-related variables. Studies that focus on both attachment…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Attachment Behavior, Social Cognition
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Tokar, David M.; Fischer, Ann R.; Subich, Linda Mezydlo – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1998
Reviews literature on personality and vocational behavior within the framework of the Five Factor Model, in the following clusters: personality and choice-related processes, general career processes, occupational satisfaction and well-being, and organizational outcomes. Summarizes themes and suggests future research directions. Contains 170…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Job Satisfaction, Personality Traits
Leong, Frederick T. L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1985
Reviews the empirical and theoretical literature on the career development of Asian Americans. (Author)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Anxiety, Asian Americans, Career Development
Athey, Irene – 1984
Part of a collection of papers commissioned by Foundations, a development project that examined the career development needs of students entering the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the paper reviews a range of developmental theories and models that pertain to adolescents and young adults. An attempt is made to create a composite…
Descriptors: Career Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Deafness
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Spokane, Arnold R.; Richardson, Tina Q. – NACADA Journal, 1992
The search model and compromise model currently dominate thinking about career development. One assumes that individuals form occupational personalities that are the basis for occupational selection; the other considers career choice a lifelong integration of experiences with environmental barriers. These can help the academic advisor guide…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Career Development
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Kjos, Diane – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
Relates personality disorders to career development issues and counseling interventions. Case examples suggesting career-focused treatment interventions for dependent, borderline, obsessive-compulsive, and passive-aggressive personality disorders are presented. (Author/JBJ)
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Behavior Problems, Career Counseling, Career Development
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Gould, Sam – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Studied career progression among Mexican American college graduates. Results indicated career progression was correlated to (1) high school grades, (2) tolerance for ambiguity, (3) work ethic, (4) psychological success, and (5) need for achievement and related to career development programs and the industry in which the employing organization was…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Development, Career Ladders, College Graduates
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; And Others – 1979
Five theoretical perspectives related to occupational choice were assessed. These were (1) Super's career development perspective, (2) Holland's typology of occupational choice, (3) status-attainment research in the field of sociology, (4) economic theory of individual willingness to work in different occupations, and (5) a model of decision…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Niles, Spencer G.; Herr, Edwin L.; Hartung, Paul J. – 2001
The evolving role of work in society and the factors driving emerging trends in work were examined to assist career development practitioners in helping individuals deal with life-role balance. Donald Super's life-space theory was presented as a framework for adult career development and used as a backdrop for discussing how adults can crystallize…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Career Counseling, Career Development