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Peer reviewedSmart, John C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1989
Examined relative influence of selected life history experiences on development of three vocational types proposed by Holland. Data from employees classified as Investigative (n=490), Social (N=1,421), and Enterprising (N=707) support Holland's premise that vocational type development is function of complex series of events resulting from family…
Descriptors: Biographies, Career Choice, Environmental Influences, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedSmart, John C.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1986
Demonstrates that job satisfaction is positively related to the congruence between the personality types of individuals and their work environments for males and females. However, gender-specific differences are apparent in terms of the relationship between person-environment congruence and extrinsic (males only) and overall (females only) job…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Job Satisfaction, Personality Traits, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedFeldman, Kenneth A.; Smart, John C.; Ethington, Corinna A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1999
A study tested John L. Holland's theory that achievement is a function of the congruence between personality type and environment, focusing on college students' achievement within their academic majors. Subjects were 2,309 students enrolled in a wide variety of majors. Results indicate differences in effect size for "congruent" and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education, Majors (Students)
The Environmental Identity Scale and Differentiation among Environmental Models in Holland's Theory.
Peer reviewedThompson, Michael D.; Smart, John C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2001
A study of 587 full-time faculty examined teaching practices and interpersonal climate of different departments using Holland's Environmental Identity Scale. Results supported the scale's reliability and discriminant validity but did not support the assumption that differences among workers in environments with clear identity are more pronounced…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Job Skills, Measures (Individuals)
Peer reviewedFeldman, Kenneth A.; Smart, John C.; Ethington, Corinna A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2004
This article continues a series of analyses using the "theory of careers" developed by John Holland to examine the patterns of student stability and change inherent in the college experience--as part of an effort to understand the satisfaction, learning, and retention of college students. The underlying basis of Holland's theory is that human…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Interests, Interaction, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedSmart, John C.; Feldman, Kenneth A. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A longitudinal study, based on Holland's theory of occupational choice, found accentuation of initial group differences for artistic abilities in both male and female college students and for enterprising abilities of male students within academic subenvironments. Data support Holland's theory that students' initial selection of academic…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Departments
