Using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, an occupational interest scale for dental hygienists was developed, and comparisons of interests were made between graduates of two- and four-year programs. (Author)

Discusses problems relative to the study and promotion of nontraditional careers and offers suggestions for counseling and research. Problems stem from the meaning of nontraditional careers for those who engage in them, the delivery of counseling services for nontraditional careers, and the selection of variables for research. (JAC)

Children's occupational knowledge appears to be related more to direct contact with workers and to reading achievement than to children's IQ or socioeconomic status of their parents. (Author)

Initiation and outcome of a program designed to promote trade work among women is outlined and analyzed in light of occupational aspiration. Results indicate that the program increased the frequencies of women entering nontraditional trades. However, an employment slump curtailed its impact, highlighting the relevance of occupational compromise…

The author points out a malaise among a significant portion of white male workers in America and suggests a need for programs that combine improved counseling and education efforts designed to improve the work lives and social environment of the contemporary generation of men and women. (Author)

Military males (N=67) and females (N=61) from five common occupational career fields responded to the Occupational Aspiration Scale (OAS), which measures levels of occupational prestige. Analyses revealed that male participants scored significantly higher than females. Possible reasons for differences are discussed. (RC)

There are many blue-collar workers who aspire to work in the white-collar world. Work histories of employed adults from an industrial area of Baltimore who were classified as Realistic (based on the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory) show most adults are apparently unable to move out of this classification. (Author)

Investigates the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on the occupational aspirations of 1,036 female high students. Results indicate SES has a definite impact on occupational choice. (HMV)

This article shows how a client's level of aspiration and vocational interests can be measured by means of a short, reliable, and valid interest inventory. (Author)

While both whites and nonwhites have similarly high aspirations, study results show positive linkage between class and community size, and actual expectation. These factors may significantly discourage the development of high level vocational plans of capable adolescents from rural, lower class environments. (CJ)

Structured, short-term group counseling resulted in vocational choices for 14 of 17 college freshmen who had declared themselves undecided. (Author)

Differences in responses to personality items between subjects who prefer job security and low earnings and those who prefer high risk and high income jobs suggest basic and generalized differences in life style. (Author)

Examined the relationships between Puerto Rican, Black, and Anglo adolescent children's career aspirations, expectations, and maturity and their parents' career values and career aspirations for them. Results suggest that career behavior differentially affects adolescent children's career development and that parent-child interaction may be…

Vocational exploration can be facilitated through reading and identifying with persons in novels and biographies. Faculty and librarians listed works for students seeking a fuller sense of how it feels to work in a particular vocation. Recommendations were collated into an annotated bibliography. Limitations and responses are discussed.…

An investigation of the factors that affect the career aspirations of Black college women revealed that occupational status is an overdetermining factor. (Author)