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Social Cognitive Predictors of Adjustment to Engineering Majors across Gender and Race/Ethnicity
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Lent, Robert W.; Miller, Matthew J.; Smith, Paige E.; Watford, Bevlee A.; Lim, Robert H.; Hui, Kayi; Morrison, M. Ashley; Wilkins, Gregory; Williams, Kevin – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
We tested a social cognitive model of academic adjustment in a sample of 1377 students enrolled in engineering schools at two predominantly White and two historically Black state universities. The model brought together central elements of social cognitive career theory's (SCCT) segmental models of educational/vocational satisfaction, interest,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Academic Persistence, Engineering Education, Minority Group Students
Career Aspirations of Youth: Untangling Race/Ethnicity, SES, and Gender
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Howard, Kimberly A. S.; Carlstrom, Aaron H.; Katz, Andrew D.; Chew, Aaronson Y.; Ray, G. Christopher; Laine, Lia; Caulum, David – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
This study examined the influence of gender, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity on the career aspirations of over 22,000 8th and 10th grade youth. The top five occupations identified by youth as aspirations included artist, lawyer, musician, FBI agent, and actor/actress. Top occupations were also reported for each gender x socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Reputation, Musicians
Perceptions of Occupational Prestige: Differences between African American and White College Students
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Walker, Terrance L.; Tracey, Terence J. G. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The present study examined perceptions of occupational prestige among university students. One hundred and twenty-four African American and 174 White students rated the prestige levels of 36 occupations evenly sampled from the six RIASEC types and three levels of prestige. Results indicated that there was a significant difference in perception of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Reputation, White Students, College Students
Ethnic and Sex Differences in Occupational Stereotyping by Elementary School Children.
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Frost, Frederica; Diamond, Esther E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Children were surveyed regarding career choice and perceptions of appropriateness of selected occupations for male and female adults and children. Responses were analyzed by ethnic membership and sex. Hispanic and Anglo girls chose more nontraditional occupations than Black girls. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Organizational Communication, Performance, and Job Satisfaction as a Function of Ethnicity and Sex.
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Penley, Larry E.; Hawkins, Brian L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1980
Examines the effects of supervisors' and subordinates' ethnicity and sex on organizational communication, supervisory-rated performance, and job satisfaction. Identifies interactions between the sex of the supervisor and subordinate on communication and their ethnicity on supervisory-rated performance. There were limited impacts of sex and…
Descriptors: Employees, Ethnicity, Interaction, Job Satisfaction
Influence of Racial Identity Attitudes on African American College Students' Vocational Identity and Hope.
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Jackson, Cassandra Chretien; Neville, Helen A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1998
In a sample of 122 African-American college students, internalized racial identity, academic classification, and parents' educational attainment were significantly related to hope. Internalized racial identity was related to vocational identity for women, but not for men. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Career Development, College Students
The Relationship between Multiple Commitments and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Arab and Jewish Culture
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Cohen, Aaron – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
This study examined the relation between multiple commitments (organizational commitment, occupational commitment, job involvement, and group commitment), ethnicity, and cultural values (individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity/femininity) with organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and in-role…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Teacher Behavior, Arabs, Jews