Investigated the perceived age of people employed in various occupations. Results suggest certain occupations are perceived as occupied by relatively young individuals and others by older workers. Subjects' perceptions of the age of people employed in various occupations were found to be in agreement with the actual age of those workers.…

This study was designed to identify the important clusters of occupational groups identifiable from an analysis of the dimensions accounting for similarity in profile shapes among a set of 28 new vocational interest measures. (Author)

Analyzed samples of women (N=80) from five different occupations for degree of interest homogeneity. Results indicated that there may be important differences within occupations and that the similarities may be trivial and overused in occupational interest inventories. (LLL)

SVIB scores were available on samples of artists, farmers, ministers, physicists, real estate men and newsmen. A typological analysis applied separately to the 14 SVIB interest scores recovered all six groups when total scores were used, but only five groups when items responses were used as descriptors. (Author)

Strong Interest Inventory items from 320 counseling clients were classified into Occupational Aptitude Patterns (OAP) Map clusters. Principal components analysis supported this structure, suggesting the potential use of the OAP Map for job classification and improvement of person/environment fit. (SK)

The purpose of this study was to compare college students' perceptions of the similarity of occupations with the groupings suggested by Roe (1956). Subjects were 90 male and 99 female university freshmen. The data provide only partial support for Roe's postulated structure. (Author)

Factor analysis of the female and male Business Education Teacher Occupational Scales of the Strong Interest Inventory revealed two occupationally specific factors that differed from the General Occupational Theme scales. Results provide evidence of the existence of occupationally unique interest structures. (SK)

The 22 basic interest categories on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men were used to classify the interests of men in 62 occupations. At least nine categories were required to describe adequately the interests of most occupational groups. (Author)

This study was designed to explore two areas: (1) the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed men using four different operational definitions of vocational orientation, and (2) the relationships among all possible combinations of same named scales across the four inventories. Findings tend to support the concurrent validity of…

Presents a report on the process and procedures of determining generic occupational skills and clusters of occupations for optimal occupational training needs. Data collected from workers and their supervisors representing 37 different occupations. Respondents indicated whether specific skills were prerequisite for a job and whether those skills…

This study investigated differences between men and women employed in traditional male occupations using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS). Results indicate men in traditionally male occupations, when compared to women in those same occupations, tend not to report higher mean raw scale scores. (Author)

Earlier research based on 81 Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (ORPs) suggested a nine-category classification of occupations. The present research, based on 148 ORPs, investigated the ability of that classificatory system to assimilate new information. (Authors)

One hundred eleven subjects were asked to indicate how much relationship with people is involved in 48 occupational titles. The results support Roe's classification of occupations: differences within occupational fields were found to be smaller than differences between occupational fields (F=8.53, p less than .01). (Author)

The authors investigated the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed men using two inventories of vocational orientation. The results revealed that two scales of one and four scales of the other inventory successfully differentiated the occupational groups consistant with Holland's theoretical framework. (Author/SE)