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Walsh, W. Bruce; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1983
The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were administered to 110 Black and White non-college-degreed workers in three occupations (laboratory technicians, sales clerks, and clerk-typists) corresponding to three of Holland's environmental categories (Investigative, Enterprising, and Conventional). Findings for…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employees, Females, Individual Differences
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Matthews, Dorothy F.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
This study, using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS), explored concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed women (N=114). Results revealed three scales of the VPI and five scales of the SDS successfully differentiated occupational groups consistent with Holland's theoretical…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Employed Women, Females
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Horton, Joseph A.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The study was designed to explore two areas: (1) the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed college degreed women using two different operational definitions (Vocational Preference Inventory and the Self-Directed Search) of vocational orientation; and (2) the relationships among same named scales across the VPI and the SDS. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women
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Walsh, W. Bruce; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Investigated differences between Black and White women employed in traditional male occupations who took the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS). Findings indicate that White women when compared to Black women in the same occupation tend to report similar mean raw scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Environmental Standards, Personality Measures, Professional Occupations
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Ward, Connie M.; Walsh, W. Bruce – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were administered to 102 Black women workers in occupational environments consistent with Holland's six vocational environments. Four scales in each test successfully differentiated the occupational groups, supporting the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employed Women, Interest Inventories, Nonprofessional Personnel