The analysis suggests that, while the career preferences of students when considered as a group remained stable over the 4-year medical experience, the career preferences of individual students underwent considerable change. The instability of student preferences for other careers suggests that medical faculties can make attempts to promote or…

Approximately 200 residents new to the Seattle, Washington, metropolitan area were interviewed in a study to discover the interrelationships between information needs and newspaper use under conditions of dislocation. Five major areas of concern to new residents were identified (home, neighborhood, community, work, and leisure) and described in…

This study attempted to determine whether those who enter teaching remain in the profession or use teaching as a stepping stone to other occupations. The study was conducted at Harris Teachers College in St. Louis, Missouri. The following two groups of graduates were identified for followup: (1) those who received a Bachelor of Arts in Education…

Little definitive data exist about what happens to the large numbers of students who drop out of nursing programs. This study examined the reasons for withdrawal, level of alienation, and alternative career choices of 140 first year dropouts from six nursing programs in Tennessee. The results show that the dropouts are not alienated from nursing.…

The role of leisure time in connection with one's work is presented in conjunction with the changing concept of work. Certain kinds of satisfaction and involvement which have traditionally stemmed from one's work must now be sought in other areas. Career development should encompass the concept of leisure as well as the concepts of work, and there…

Pilot interviews with middle-aged men who had made major career changes revealed considerable diversity in values and motivations and yielded a preliminary typology of career changers. (Author)

Brings together empirically based information on organization development careers and personal knowledge of the field to synthesize a systems model of the OD career milieu. Main OD practitioner roles are identified as internal, full-time external, and university faculty/part-time external. (Author)

Career development responsibilities of managers are addressed by (1) drawing upon traditional theory to present points toward conducting a framework for understanding adult career development, (2) discussing changes in adult work lives, and (3) outlining basic stages of progress in career development--apprenticeship, journeyman, mentor, and senior…

Business teachers have additional career options to consider, namely, joining a consulting-training firm as a junior professional employee; entering a firm as an associate; investing personal resources in an already successful firm; starting one's own firm; and/or applying for part- or full-time work as an internal consultant or trainer and…

The author examines various aspects of male midlife crisis and its effects on the man's career, including the following: What are the implications for an organization, if behavioral changes or dissatisfaction with past patterns extends into the employee's job and leads this same individual to become a dissatisfied employee, to consider a career…

Surveyed undergraduate engineering students (N=284) regarding their long-term career aspirations. Revealed factors that differentiated engineering aspirants from managerial ones: reasons for going to engineering school, beliefs about engineering as an occupation, career anchors, intended use of career strategies, curriculum choices, and early…

Investigated position changes of student affairs administrators (N=474) in the higher education sector in six consecutive time periods between 1969 and 1980, using data from the 1981 Leaders in Transition study. Found administrators to be highly, but decreasingly, mobile. Found position changes within institutions more frequent than between…

Vocational assessment instruments currently in use are often threatening or frustrating to older adults. Instruments that account for the physical, emotional, and occupational needs of this population are necessary. (CH)

A forced change in employment status means the impact on the worker and immediate family can be devastating. Assisting workers during this transition period is an important adult career counseling task. They must see the journey back to satisfying work as a series of planned adjustments. (CH)

Examined disaster variables that contribute to survivor job change using interviews with 44 flood victims. Results showed that the victim's age, degree of home damage, and employer supportiveness were factors in predicting job change. Discusses the role of the counselor. (JAC)