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Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-Belgium Form: Psychometric Characteristics and Construct Validity
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Dries, Nicky; Van Esbroeck, Raoul; van Vianen, Annelies E. M.; De Cooman, Rein; Pepermans, Roland – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The Dutch version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale-Belgium Form (CAAS-Belgium) consists of four scales, each with six items, which measure concern, control, curiosity, and confidence as psychosocial resources for managing occupational transitions, developmental tasks, and work traumas. A pilot survey was administered to 700 high school,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Adjustment, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
Development and Initial Validation of Brief Public Domain RIASEC Marker Scales
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Armstrong, Patrick Ian; Allison, Wyndolyn; Rounds, James – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Although commercially developed interest measures based on Holland's RIASEC types are effectively used in a variety of applied settings, these measures have somewhat limited research utility due to their length and copyright restrictions placed by the test publishers. In the present study, two sets of 8-item RIASEC scales were developed using…
Descriptors: College Students, Copyrights, Validity, Vocational Interests
Intrasubject Predictions of Vocational Preference: Convergent Validation via the Decision Theoretic Paradigm.
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Monahan, Carlyn J.; Muchinsky, Paul M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1985
The degree of convergent validity among four methods of identifying vocational preferences is assessed via the decision theoretic paradigm. Vocational preferences identified by Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), a rating procedure, and ranking were compared with preferences identified from a policy-capturing model developed from an…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
The Incidence and Dimensions of Sexual Harassment in Academia and the Workplace.
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Fitzgerald, Louise F.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988
Describes development of Sexual Experiences Questionnaire to assess sexual harassment. Reports on results of psychometric analyses, application of inventory to two large public universities, and development of second form of the inventory designed for working women. Discusses results for large sample of academic, professional and semiprofessional,…
Descriptors: College Students, Employed Women, Higher Education, Sexual Harassment
Development of the Career Exploration Survey (CES).
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Stumpf, Stephen A.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1983
The Career Exploration Survey (CES) consists of seven measures of the career exploration process, three reactions, and six beliefs. Dimensionality, reliability, and validity data are presented for four studies comprising 680 observations across 601 individuals. Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, San Diego, CA, August…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education
A Comparison of Two Approaches to the Cognitive Differentiation Grid.
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Brown, Michael T. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1987
Examined whether a more theoretically consistent version of the Cognitive Differentiation Grid (CDG) would yield results different from the currently used CDG. Found that college students (N=84) using their own constructs evidenced greater vocational differentiation than did those using the CDG and that males evidenced greater vocational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, College Students