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Entry and Transition to Academic Leadership: Experiences of Women Leaders from Turkey and the U.S.
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Hacifazlioglu, Ozge – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
Academics who aspire to become academic leaders experience a number of changes as they move into administration. New academic leaders find themselves immersed in a transition that demands personal development and creates new learning settings. The purpose of this study is to examine initial challenges experienced by women academic leaders in the…
Descriptors: Females, Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Women Administrators
Vocational Preferences of Early Adolescents: Their Development in Social Context.
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Vondracek, Fred W.; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Reitzle, Matthias; Wiesner, Margit – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
This study compared the timing of early vocational preferences in young adolescents from former East Germany and West Germany. Results suggested that as the memory of the Communist system fades and as younger adolescents have had less exposure to it, East-West differences tend to disappear. The formation of early vocational preferences was…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Comparative Analysis
Career Maturity in Relation to Differences in School Curriculum.
Khan, Sar B.; Alvi, Sabir A. – Canadian Counsellor, 1985
Examined differences in career maturity among four curriculum groups: academic, business, technical, and general. In Study I, administered Crites' Career Maturity Inventory to students in grades 9-12. In Study II, administered a specially developed measure of career development to students in grade 12. Results indicated that the academic group…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
A Comparative Study of Vocational Development of Able Bodied and Disabled Persons.
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Goldberg, Richard T. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1989
The vocational development of 547 disabled students (ages 10-24) in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany was classified by disability type and compared with able-bodied students, in terms of plans, realism, initiative, work values, commitment, and occupational awareness. Germans made specific training plans whereas U.S. students…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Classification
Predicting Career Development in Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents in Australia
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Punch, Renee; Creed, Peter A.; Hyde, Merv – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2005
This article reports on a study investigating the career development of hard-of-hearing high school students attending regular classes with itinerant teacher support. We compared 65 hard-of-hearing students with a matched group of normally hearing peers on measures of career maturity, career indecision, perceived career barriers, and three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Partial Hearing, High School Students
Teachers' Perception of Mental Health, Its Relationship to Their Mental Health and to Changes Thereof. Research Report 27.
Nieminen, Seija – 1984
A study was made of comprehensive school teachers' perceptions of mental health when it was defined as a "dynamic integration process of the physical, psychical, social, and spiritual existence of a human being." Two groups participated: 76 middle-aged teachers and 87 advanced teacher trainees. Perceptions of health and mental health…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction