The author concludes from the study that the ICL is a biased tool. It is basically a good and useful instrument but needs to be restructured. (Author/BY)

There has been very little discussion of the issues in developing an occupational card sort despite the growing interest in this technique. Discusses these issues as they arose in developing an occupational card-sort system, known as Occu-Sort, and describes how card-sort developers have resolved them. (Author)

Examines the congruence of occupations into which injured workers were placed in comparison to those performed in the past. Analysis indicated that three variables--demonstrated temperament for working with people, loss of strength capacity after the injury, and case velocity--correctly classified 37.9% of participants into the observed…

Describes the Information Technology Career Cluster Initiative and the tools it has developed to help educators improve information technology programs. Suggests that educators use the model and tools to guide program development, improvement, and expansion. (JOW)

Vocational interests of librarians and information scientists were studied using the American College Testing (ACT) Interest Inventory and a job activity questionnaire. A significant difference was found between the past and present placement of libraries on the ACT World-of-Work Map, but the ACT indicated that the two groups share essentially…

A study of 1,200 white-collar and 1,436 blue-collar workers with less than postsecondary education showed that migrant and immigrant workers were not significantly associated with joblessness among native workers. Changes in the foreign-born composition of an industry sector were associated with increased unemployment for native workers. (SK)

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)

Provides thumbnail sketches of about 250 occupations. Projects employment prospects in 11 categories: executive, administrative, and managerial; professional and technical; marketing and sales; administrative support including clerical; service; mechanics, installers, and repairers; construction trades; production; transportation and material…

The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) career clusters initiative was designed to research and foster development of curicula and assessments for each of 16 broad occupational groupings known as career clusters. These clusters encompass a broad range of careers, ranging from agriculture to…

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…

FACTOR ANALYSIS WAS CARRIED OUT TO ASCERTAIN THE BEST OCCUPATIONAL GROUP LOCATION FOR EACH OF FOUR STRONG VOCATIONAL INTEREST BLANK (SVIB) SCALES--VETERMINARIAN, SENIOR CPA, PHARMACIST, AND MORTICIAN. THE SVIB WAS ADMINISTERED TO 125 MALE LIBERAL ARTS FRESHMEN. MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, AND INTERCORRELATIONS WERE COMPUTED. THIS FACTOR ANALYSIS…