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Uthayakumar, Ramya; Schimmack, Ulrich; Hartung, Paul J.; Rogers, James R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Forming, pursing, and achieving life tasks constitute important determinants of subjective well-being (SWB). A principal life task for emerging adults involves deciding about career goals. Prior research indicates that depression predicts SWB and may be linked to lower levels of career decidedness. We tested whether or not career decidedness…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Depression (Psychology), Decision Making, Well Being
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Ford, Michael T. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Drawing from theory on met expectations, person-environment fit, and social information processing, misfit between the pressure and autonomy experienced by workers and that which would be expected given their occupational roles was examined as a predictor of job satisfaction, perceived support, and depression. Results from a nationally (U.S.)…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Development, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology)
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Saka, Noa; Gati, Itamar – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
This study focused on examining the persistent aspects of career decision-making difficulties, using the Emotional and Personality-related Career decision-making Difficulties scale ("EPCD"; [Saka, N., Gati, I., & Kelly, K.R. (in press). Emotional and personality-related aspects of career decision-making difficulties. "Journal of Career…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Personality, Personality Measures, Foreign Countries
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Osipow, Samuel H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
Reviews the history of career decision-making measures such as My Vocational Situation, Career Decision Scale, Career Factors Inventory, and others. Assesses Holland's contribution to the accurate measurement of career indecision. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Personality Theories, Personality Traits
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Reardon, Robert C.; Lenz, Janet G. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
Career assessment activities in the Self-Directed Search and constructs in Holland's theory increase understanding of an individual's personal career theory (PCT). The PCT provides information about a person's readiness for career decision making and the types of career interventions that might be effective. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Decision Making, Occupational Information, Personality Theories
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Newman, Jody L.; Gray, Elizabeth A.; Fuqua, Dale R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
My Vocational Situation, Career Decision Scale, and California Psychological Inventory (CPI) were completed by 149 students. Factor analysis reduced 20 CPI scales to Extraversion, Control, Flexibility, and Consensuality. Consensuality significantly distinguished high and low career indecision. Extraversion and Control had low to moderate…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Factor Analysis, Personality Traits
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Willock, Joyce; Deary, Ian J.; McGregor, Murray M.; Sutherland, Alister; Edwards-Jones, Gareth; Morgan, Oliver; Dent, Barry; Grieve, Robert; Gibson, Gavin; Austin, Elizabeth – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
This report of a multidisciplinary study of Scottish farmers' attitudes, goals, and behavior describes scales developed specifically for this population and explains how they can be used to find correlations among attitudes, objectives, and implementation. The article contains 113 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classification, Decision Making, Farmers
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Fuqua, Dale R.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1987
Used canonical correlation analysis and factor analysis to examine the relationship of a set of four measures of career indecision and a set of four measures of anxiety in 133 undergraduate students. Results suggest that a substantial, unidimensional relationship exists between the two sets of measures. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Career Choice, Career Planning, College Students
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Blustein, David L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988
Administered an individual differences measure of motivational and orientations and a multidimensional measure of exploratory activity and beliefs to undergraduate students (N=154). Canonical analysis yielded one significant canonical root which indicated autonony and control orientations were positively related to self-exploration and beliefs in…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
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Andrews, Hans A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
This study was designed to test and expand Holland's vocational development theory by utilizing more than a single high point code in classification of personality patterns of jobs. A more "refined" and/or "subtle" difference was shown in the personality-job relationships when two high point codes were used. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Decision Making, Personality
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Krumboltz, John D.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1986
Rational, intuitive, fatalistic, and dependent decision makers were compared on how much they learned from a rational decision-making training intervention. Individuals who had been highly impulsive, dependent, or fatalistic in prior course selections and those who exhibited dependency in prior job choices appeared to learn most from the rational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Conceptual Tempo, Decision Making
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Multon, Karen D.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1995
Usable responses on the Goal Instability Scale, Career Decision Profile, and other measures were obtained from 196 high school students. Decisiveness/indecisiveness was associated with career choice comfort level, occupational knowledge, and negative affect. Goal stability/instability was associated with self-efficacy and positive affect. (SK)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Career Choice, Decision Making, Goal Orientation
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Barak, Azy; Friedkes, Rivka – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Hypothesized that career indecision affects career-counseling effectiveness. Undergraduate clients (N=149) went through a standard counseling process. Clients who "lack structure" gained the most from the treatment while clients who "perceive external barrier" and who experienced "personal conflict" gained the least. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
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Alvi, Sabir A.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Compared five indices of differentiation for Holland's model for two data sets: Iachan's indices and Spokane and Walsh index. Tested differentiation and career decision relationship of Pakistani college students (N=376) and Canadian high school seniors (N=138). Found neither index superior in terms of criterion of relationship with career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Construct Validity, Decision Making
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Weller, Leonard; Nadler, Aryeh – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
The hypothesis tested was that authoritarian personalities prefer the natural sciences (specifically biology and chemistry) and nonauthoritarian personalities choose the social sciences and humanities (specifically, psychology and philosophy). (Author)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Career Choice, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
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