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Peer reviewedJepsen, David A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
This study described the development of occupational decision processes over the high school years. The key processes in occupational decision development for both sexes appeared to be an information search strategy and an elaborate rationale. Both processes increased in complexity and contributed to confident feelings about occupational choices…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Choice, Decision Making, High School Students
Peer reviewedSewell, Trevor E.; Martin, Roy P. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
Patterns of occupational choice and correlates of these patterns were investigated for black male inner-city high school juniors and seniors. The pattern of occupational choice of the sample was distinctly different from the middle class, white normative sample of the occupational scale. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Career Choice, Career Counseling
