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Peer reviewedMartin, David C.; Bartol, Kathryn M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1986
Tested the ability of Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to predict student business concentration. Significant discriminant analysis results were obtained for both instruments. Classification analyses supported the potential usefulness of the VPI for counseling students regarding…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Choice, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDaniel, Frank R, Jr.; Wagner, Edwin E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Subjects classified into one of six Holland personality types on the basis of the Vocational Preference Inventory high-point codes differed significantly with respect to absolute and relative number of responses on certain Hand Test scoring variables. These results provide evidence for the construct validity of the postulated vocational types.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedMonahan, Carlyn J.; Muchinsky, Paul M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1985
The degree of convergent validity among four methods of identifying vocational preferences is assessed via the decision theoretic paradigm. Vocational preferences identified by Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), a rating procedure, and ranking were compared with preferences identified from a policy-capturing model developed from an…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTracey, Terence J. G.; Rounds, James – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1995
High school (n=370) and college students (n=223) completed the Vocational Preference Inventory and the Inventory of Occupational Preference (IOP). Results confirm that vocational interests have a uniform distribution along a circle. Also, the eight IOP octant scales and the six RIASEC scales (realistic, investigative, artistic, social,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, High School Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHighhouse, Scott; Doverspike, Dennis – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
This study investigated the relationship between cognitive style, occupational preference, and learning modes. Kolb's Revised Learning Style Inventory (1985), the Group Embedded Figures Test, and the Vocational Choice Inventory were administered to 111 undergraduate students. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedBrown, Michael T.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1989
Used Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and a self-monitoring scale to examine 237 undergraduates' association between self-monitoring and occupational preferences. Regression analyses revealed correlations between gender, self-monitoring propensity, and preferred occupational types (i.e., social, enterprising, or artistic). (TE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Higher Education, Interest Inventories
Download full textHartung, Paul J. – 1991
In both Gestalt therapy and Holland's theory of vocational choice, person-environment interaction receives considerable emphasis. Gestalt therapy theory suggests that people make contact (that is, meet needs) through a characteristic style of interacting with the environment. Holland identifies six personality types in his theory and asserts that…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Gestalt Therapy, Higher Education
