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Professional Desires and Career Decisions: Effects of Professional Interests, Role Models, and Internship in Lower Secondary School
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Neuenschwander, Markus P.; Hofmann, Jan; Jüttler, Andreas; Schumann, Stephan – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2018
Context: Following the social cognitive career theory of Lent, Brown, and Hackett (1994), the current study examines the effect of role models' professions and practical internship experiences on the choice of professional environment independent of professional interests. Embedded in the Swiss context with its strong vocational training system,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Role Models, Internship Programs
Empirical Derivation of SVIB-Holland Scales and Conversion Tables
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Holland, Thomas A.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1974
Significant relationships between the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were again empirically demonstrated in this study, and conversion equations were developed to use standard scores of SVIB scales, rather than items, to produce estimates of VPI scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Evaluation Methods, Occupational Aspiration
The Fit between Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory General Occupational Themes and Holland's Hexagonal Model.
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Rounds, James B.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Examines fit of the correlations among the SCII General Occupational Theme scales to Holland's RIASEC hexagon model. Results suggest the SCII General Occupational Themes may be interpreted in the context of Holland's hexagon model for males but that further study is needed to support the scales for females. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Females, Interest Inventories, Males
A Factor Analytic Validation of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory
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Di Scipio, William J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1974
A principal components analysis was applied to a 135-item pool of the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory, Sixth Revision. The a priori clinical scales were partially upheld with differences attributed to the characteristics of the sample and sociopolitical time context during which the test was administered. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Interest Inventories, Occupational Aspiration
Maximizing the Validity of Holland's Classification System.
Haase, Richard F.; And Others – 1979
Discriminant analysis of Holland's Self Directed Search and Vocational Preference Inventory significantly improved the predictive validity of his classification scheme, over the traditional method of assigning high point codes. These results were obtained with both an initial and a replication sample of undergraduates pursuing various degrees. The…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Classification, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
Congruence, Locus of Control, and Readings of English College Students--An Application of John Holland's Theory of Vocational Choice.
Geoffroy, Kevin – 1985
One hundred and five English undergraduate college students at two colleges in England completed the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), the Barron Ego Strength Scale, the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale, and the Occupational Values Q Sort. Congruent students were identified by matching their reading (major)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Congruence (Psychology), Higher Education, Locus of Control
Career Development and Its Academic Correlates. Maryland Longitudinal Study Research Highlights, Research Report 12.
Maryland Univ., College Park. Maryland Longitudinal Study Steering Committee. – 1989
As part of a 5-year study of 772 students who entered the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1980, a study was conducted of the relationship between John Holland's concept of vocational identity (sureness and confidence in one's vocational plans) and personality type (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising or conventional)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Career Counseling, Career Planning
An Examination of the Validity of Holland's Constructs for Adult Women.
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Harvey, David W. – 1973
This study was designed to examine the validity and test-retest reliability of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) for 61 adult women. The VPI was administered at the beginning of a group guidance program and the preference for Holland's six personality styles - intellectual, conventional, enterprising, realistic, social, artistic -…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Females, Guidance Programs, Interest Inventories
The Influence of Sex Roles and Cognitive Styles on the Career Decision-Making of College Men and Women.
Harren, Vincent A. – 1979
A study of 1,500 college students was conducted to determine the effect of sex role attitude and cognitive style on the career decision-making of college men and women. An overlapping longitudinal design (which allowed the study of undergraduates at one-year intervals), selected personal interviews, and five measures of sex-role attitude,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Cognitive Style, College Students