A literature review examined socialization theory and models; research on tactics, training, proactive socialization, learning, group socialization, and individual differences; methodology and measurement; and research needs. In the last five years, research has substantially contributed to knowledge of occupational socialization, which will…

Personality traits related to career satisfaction for 5,932 individuals were measured for the group and in 14 occupations. Traits related to satisfaction across occupations were emotional resilience, optimism, and work drive. The Big Five traits of conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness were also correlated with career satisfaction.…

In the volatile and uncertain labor market, there is increased job mobility but less advancement and more tenuous links between training and advancement. Increased career discontinuity and short-term employment and less emphasis on trades also suggest that guidance and training should focus on flexible preparation for the market rather than…

Critiques Loughead and Black's conceptual framework of the "job change thermostat" (CE 521 788). Modifies the metaphor and adds the concept of beliefs that affect career choices and changes. (SK)

Proposes statistical methodology for testing Loughead and Black's "job change thermostat." Discusses choice of target population; relationship between job satisfaction and values, perceptions, and opportunities; and determinants of job change. (SK)

Discusses ways for nurses to apply their skills and experience to nontraditional career options. Describes and defines fields utilizing talents unique to nursing. Provides reasons a career changing nurse would flourish in each field. (BHK)

Provides insight into how principals can become more dynamic resources for career development in schools at all educational levels. (JOW)

Discusses a shift in career paths from instructional technology to performance technology and describes steps to take to become more aware of the performance technology process. Differences in the design phase of the processes are described, and models that identify areas which can be affected by human performance problems are presented. (LRW)

New ways of working affect career choices as follows: a career is a series of roles, not steps; project management is a key skill; project roles can be performed by insiders or outsiders; careers are made in markets, not hierarchies; and the fundamental career choice is not among companies but between specializing and generalizing. (SK)

Discusses an education project launched by the National Academy of Sciences and the Pentagon to turn laid-off aerospace engineers into science teachers at Los Angeles middle schools and high schools. (MKR)

Reviews literature published in 1993 of interest and use to career counselors. Topical areas include definitions of career counseling, descriptions of and outcome research on career assessment and intervention methods, career counseling issues and techniques of particular interest to women and members of various special groups, and counseling with…

Examines what might occur when staff members change positions and offers suggestions for the "alien" venturing into unfamiliar territory. Discusses ways in which an alien may trespass: inappropriate enthusiasm for the new place; failure to fit into the system; inappropriate comparisons; failure to define success; failure to deal with failing; and…

In academe, obtaining an offer from another institution to use in bargaining with one's current employer (becoming a retention case) frequently leads to salary increases. However, retention cases are deterred by resettlement costs and are less likely to be raided by competing institutions because of their ages and the uncertainty of their future…

Explains why training and development is a feasible field for three categories of professional educators: (1) teacher applicants who are unable to find teaching vacancies; (2) teachers who want to supplement their income; (3) teachers who may be thinking of a permanent career change to a related field. (Author/JOW)

Career interventions should take account of the feelings and emotions underlying career transitions. Attending to the emotional dimensions of career counseling practice highlights some of the challenging political issues in organizations. (SK)