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Relationship of Age, Sex, and Educational Groups to Career Decisiveness.
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Neice, David E.; Bradley, Richard W. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Five educational groups, ranging from high school freshmen to college juniors, were administered the Career Decision Questionnaire, a scale designed to measure antecedents of educational-vocational indecision. It was determined that age was an extremely important factor in career decidedness. Sex was not an important variable in determining…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Choice, Decision Making Skills, Higher Education
Propensity to Retire Among Older Executives
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Eden, Dov; Jacobson, Dan – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
Determinants of a favorable attitude toward retirement were sought in an interview study of 179 top executives, age 55 and over in 13 leading Israeli organizations. It was found that attitude towards retirement appears to be associated more closely with feelings about oneself than with perceptions of the job. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Males
Developmental, Emotional, and Interest Factors in Voluntary Mid-Career Change
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Vaitenas, Rimantas; Weiner, Yoash – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Young (N=38) and 2( older career changers in business-managerial occupations were compared to 45 young and 40 older vocationally stable controls with respect to several characteristics. Results showed career changers were characterized by high incongruity, emotional maladjustment, and fear of failure, and low differentiation and consistency of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Career Change
Age and Sex Differences in the Development of Children's Occupational Reasoning.
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Nelson, Jo Ann Neville – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
Demonstrates that the process of vocational development is related to cognitive development: children's choices and reasoning reflect their changing modes of understanding the world. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Choice, Career Development, Cognitive Processes
Personological Interpretation of Factors from the Strong Vocational Interest Blank Scales
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Costa, Paul T., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
A principal axis factor analysis of 58 occupational and nonoccupational scales of Form T of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) was performed using data of 1068 males representing a wide range of age and socioeconomic status groups. Both occupational groupings and personality correlates showed substantial agreement with Holland's (1966)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Choice, Factor Analysis, Individual Differences
Generational Differences in Work Values between Parents and Children and between Boys and Girls across Grade Levels 6, 9, 10, and 12
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Wijting, Jan P.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
Cross-sectional comparison of elementary and secondary school children and parents examined changes in work values and relationships between children's and parents' work values as a function of age and sex. Revealed support for hypothesized differences in children's values and for convergence of sex differences in values at later ages. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies
Using a Classification of Occupations to Describe Age, Sex, and Time Differences in Employment Patterns
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Gottfredson, Gary D.; Daiger, Denise C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Employment data from the 1960 and 1970 censuses were organized using Holland's occupational classification to examine age, sex, and level differences in employment, and to detect changes over the 10-year period. Results provide structured information about the workforce and its changing nature that can be communicated to people planning careers.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Census Figures