This data suggests that supervisors and supervisees generally perceive reinforcer characteristics similarly, although the two groups of raters tended to disagree on the extrinsic reinforcers and on the reinforcer characteristics of lower level occupations. (Author)

Individuals do not make stable occupational choices early in their careers. Occupational mobility is far more characteristic of most careers than occupational stability. Careers may be considered as a series of responses to a succession of opportunity situations, not an effort to realize a predetermined occupational goal. (Author)

This study aims to test whether the amount of manual labor or the educational/intellectual requirements determines prestige in more traditional developing countries. Data from Afghan subjects were used for a critical decision between the two positions. Results show in nonindustrialized countries and industrialized countries, prestige covaries only…