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Miller, Mark K. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1983
Discusses the role of chance in career choice and provides some guidelines for career counselors. Suggests that counselors discuss the impact of chance during counseling sessions rather than assuming that logical, rational career planning is possible or desirable. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Influences
Conway, Kenneth – Journal of College Placement, 1981
Discusses seven factors that influence students in setting career goals, including: (1) monetary reward; (2) type of work; (3) level of responsibility; (4) type of environment; (5) social needs (self and family); (6) ego satisfaction/prestige; and (7) security. (RC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students
Ruhland, David J.; And Others – 1978
This manual for junior and senior high school counselors and teachers reports factors relating to career choice as determined by assessing young women in grades 7, 11, and 12 using a study-developed questionnaire, the Test Anxiety Questionniare, the Thematic Apperception Test, Fear of Success, and a sex-role scale. Chapter 1 is an introduction.…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Career Education
