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Santos, Paulo Jorge; Ferreira, Joaquim Armando – Journal of Career Assessment, 2012
Career indecision is a complex phenomenon and an increasing number of authors have proposed that undecided individuals do not form a group with homogeneous characteristics. This study examines career decision statuses among a sample of 362 12th-grade Portuguese students. A cluster-analytical procedure, based on a battery of instruments designed to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Secondary School Students, Grade 12, Personality
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Jemi-Alade, Tunji – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
To help counselors develop strategies to enhance students' social, personal, and psychological well-being, this research provides an understanding of how students perceive their environment. Specifically examining graduate and undergraduate students, the researcher was concerned with ascertaining the effect of the college-major variable (Business…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Majors (Students), Business Administration Education
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Amster, Judith B.; Lazarus, Philip J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Normative data collected on 197 disadvantaged high school dropouts on the dimension of internal-external control indicate this group appears to be external, but not markedly so. A short-term intervention program designed to improve academic and vocational skills did not appear to affect locus of control of 33 subjects. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Bartsch, Karl; Hackett, Gail – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
Assessed the effectiveness of an established two-credit course in personal-career decision making. Results indicate that experimental participants altered their locus of control toward internality; that they were considerably more articulate than controls in describing career concepts; and that they had taken more action toward resolving their…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness