Irish adolescents (n=278) completed a career exploration questionnaire at 6-week intervals. Structural equation model analysis indicated that intention to seek career information was influenced by past behavior and attitudes toward career exploration. Social norms and perceived behavioral control had no influence on intentions or exploratory…

Eight public relations specialization roles were developed from a survey of members of the Public Relations Society of America. The roles are: problem solver manager, journalist/technical communicator, researcher, staff manager, good will ambassador, meeting organizer, personnel/industrial relations manager, and public/community relations…

Eleven occupational values were entered in a stepwise discriminant analysis of the responses of students in second level courses in law, medicine, engineering, business, and education. Five variables provided significant discrimination: pay received, advancement, working conditions, fringe benefits, prestige. (Author)

Compared perceived structure of occupations derived from judgmental data and behavioral data from 277 users of a computerized occupational information and guidance system. Structures derived from judgmental and behavioral data were found similar. Hierarchical and circular models of comparison are presented. (Author/KS)

Results of an experiment that studied effects of one counselor's using modeling and structured materials in a small high school group are reported along with suggestions for further uses of modeling. (Author)

Compared the 40 "best" (most congruent with values) and 40 "worst" decision makers on the Career Decision Simulation. The "best" decision makers were significantly more persistent in immediately seeking information about an occupation that seemed to match one of their most important personal work values. (Author)

Used a coding system for chronicling a variety of microbehaviors in sequence in adolescent job environments. Working teenagers (N=97) were observed continuously over a two-hour period. Three elements of each of 100 behaviors were recorded: the social context, the character, and the duration and concomitants of the behavior. (Author/RC)

Number of agents and number of supervisors were the most consistent correlates of behavior. Reasons cited included: (1) policies and practices of individual companies; (2) the discretion managers have in choosing task activities; and (3) individual differences. Management research should cut across technological categories of managers and define…

Paper presented at a Symposium on Vocational Development Theory, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, July 30, 1968.

This bibliography presents 56 works of current literature in the area of religion and occupational behavior. In general, the items included have a publication date of 1951 or later. Older works have been included only if their influence on the field remains great. Theoretical and speculative works have been incorporated only if they appear to have…

The objective of Work Unit SKYGUARD has been to facilitate the development of an improved Air Defense Officers Advanced Course (C-22) by the U.S. Army Air Defense School. Focus is on techniques for improving the completeness and relevance of the instructional objectives with respect to future job requirements. The job description procedures…

Intended to present up-to-date information on changing trends and current practices related to hiring and training beginning office workers, the monograph offers analyzed and tabulated data useful in making comparisons of job classifications, salaries, job requirements, and in learning of problems encountered with beginning office workers. The…

A study sought to determine what factors and events have influenced the occupational behavior patterns of 1977-1978 Pennsylvania home economics education graduates. The study examined how women graduates of the traditionally female field of home economics education have experienced labor force participation over the past 10 years. Home economics…