This study investigated gender and ethnic differences in the perception of different types of career barriers among young adults in relation to their views of themselves as individuals (Personal Career Barriers) and their views of their gender and ethnic group (Group Career Barriers). This study also explored gender and ethnic differences in the…

The structure of vocational interests was investigated in Filipino high school students (N = 503), who rated their interest in 303 culture-relevant occupational titles and 93 major fields of study. Item-level principal components analyses identified general interest, prestige, and sex-type dimensions, rather than Prediger's (1982) People/Things…

The present study investigated the relevance of the "aspiration-expectation gap" and traditional gender differences among urban youth in middle school and high school (N = 294). Results failed to indicate a significant difference between the occupational prestige levels of aspired and expected careers, but did indicate a significant difference…

This study examined help-seeking in career counseling by investigating factors that influence students' intention to consult a career counseling center. Nine hundred and eighteen participants were given the Attitudes toward Career Counseling Scale (ATCCS), an information brochure about the career counseling center; the Intention to Consult a…

Administered questionnaire with 46 occupations and tasks to over 1,300 elementary and secondary students, asking whether each item should best be performed by man, woman, or either; the number of "either" choices defined "liberality." Found that females were more liberal than males in their perceptions of gender-role division; younger students…

Explored agreement in occupational field between adolescents' career aspirations and expectations and influence of gender, grade in school, and locus of control on amount of agreement. Results from 500 secondary school students revealed little agreement in occupational field between career aspiration and expectation, and also indicated no grade,…

Assessed influence of age composition of incumbents and age-type of job content variables on overall job perceptions and job worth variables by testing age-typing among undergraduates (N=57). Found that, as older-worker proportion in a job increased, job was rated as older and that, as proportion of older tasks increased, job worth rating was…

We examined the nature of the temporal relations among the core person variables in the social cognitive model of academic and career choice [Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance [Monograph]. "Journal of Vocational Behavior," 45,…

Investigated existence of gender differences in perceptions of availability of intrinsic and extrinsic job outcome factors in male-dominated, female-dominated, and sex-neutral occupations in undergraduate college students (N=216). Determined perceptions differed as a function of subject gender and occupational sex-type; importance of job outcome…

Compared views of university women (N=260) of varying age (18-21, 22-34, over 34) concerning a managerial career. Many similarities were observed, although the women differed in their expressed interest in and attitudes toward such a career. Women over 34 expressed less interest and less favorable attitudes toward a management career than younger…

Investigated the development of general attitudes toward work in career transitions of Israeli junior and senior high school students, university students, and vocational and executive trainees. The results confirmed the role of expectations in attitude formation. Similar expectations as to status and advancement led to similar attitudes. (JAC)

Male and female college students responded to stories about married physicians whose total income was greatest, respectively, when (1) the husband cared for the children, (2) the wife cared for the children, (3) either spouse cared for them, (4) the wife earned more than the husband, or (5) the husband earned more. (Author)

Boys (n=21) and girls (n=21) in grades one through four were tested on sex-role attitudes. The results demonstrated that the thinking of young children is typically sexist-oriented. (Author)

Investigated how 485 English high school students viewed various academic disciplines with respect to their specificity (their relationship to all occupations) and their utility (the extent to which each facilitates finding employment). Results suggested most students who choose a high specificity major are in effect choosing a career. (JAC)

Examined the significant influences in predicting preferred traditional versus egalitarian marriages among university students. Overall, male university students preferred traditional marriages while female students preferred egalitarian marriages. Sex interacted significantly with desired family task involvement, desired job task involvement, and…