Based on the socioanalytic perspective of performance prediction ([Hogan, 1991] and [Hogan and Shelton, 1998]), this study tests whether the motive to get ahead produces greater performance when interactively combined with social effectiveness. Specifically, we investigated whether interactions of the five-factor model constructs of extraversion…

Examined career exploration and goal setting among managers. High work role salience and the perceived availability of mobility opportunities were associated with participation in career exploration. Moreover, managers who aspired to different positions in the organization engaged in more career exploration. Highly anxious managers were less…

A study of 70 pregnant working mothers before and six months after childbirth found that traditional gender-role values and perceived spousal preference influenced their employment intention before giving birth. Employment intention and spouse's income influenced return to employment after childbirth. (SK)

Surveyed undergraduate engineering students (N=284) regarding their long-term career aspirations. Revealed factors that differentiated engineering aspirants from managerial ones: reasons for going to engineering school, beliefs about engineering as an occupation, career anchors, intended use of career strategies, curriculum choices, and early…

Survey of nurses sampled expected utility of present job for attaining career goals interacted with career commitment in predicting intent to leave; utility and intent to leave were negatively related for those with high commitment/positively related for those with low commitment; effects of utility and commitment on actual turnover were almost…

The psychological meaning and predictive value of a person's vocational aspirations were examined by applying Holland's typology to the vocational aspirations of high school juniors (N=140), and a second sample of college students studied over a one-year interval (N-624). (Author)

Described the prediction of actual occupation from expressed vocational choice when enhanced by measures of career development. Subjects were junior class members of a national study who were working three years later (N=1,994). The Assessment of Career Development (ACD) scales did not contribute to the predictive accuracy of vocational choice.…

Women at a liberal arts college were nontraditional in terms of their educational and career goals, and traditional in terms of plans for marriage and motherhood. Age, grade, religious upbringing, college major, enrollment in Women's Studies courses, and mothers' educational attainment were all significant predictors of life goals. (Author)

Increase in predictability of vocational plans of college women (N=152) was sought by using variables from Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS). The most recent daydream and summary of daydream codes were the best single predictors of academic major. The most recent daydream was the best single predictor of vocational plans. (Author)

Examined the amount of support, encouragement, and discouragement 470 women received from others when considering enrolling in a male-traditional vocational course. Results revealed nontraditionals consistently received more support and encouragement than traditionals. Nontraditionals and those who considered the male-dominated program received…

Both male and female college students rated motivators as important, but females also placed importance on environmental factors. The subject's sex could be predicted by both the importance for self and importance for opposite sex ratings. Females' job preferences were related to their mothers' educational achievement. (Author)

Determined whether three life roles of student, worker, and homemaker would be distinguished by career and achievement motivation. A survey of high school graduates (N=212) showed that generally students had higher level career and education aspirations and homemakers had higher social approval values. Characterizations of workers were less…

Investigated educational, social, and psychological correlates of vocational maturity in Ontario high school students (N=272). Analysis showed Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) scores were generally correlated with students' educational and occupational aspirations and parents' aspirations. Higher CMI scores were associated with higher self-esteem…