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When the Trees Obscure the Forest--Modern and Postmodern Approaches to the Study of Work and Relationships: Comment on Tokar et al. (2003).
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Blustein, David L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2003
As a reaction to the article by D. M. Tokar et al. (this issue), discusses the most pressing methodological and theoretical challenges embedded in the study of family relationship factors in the career decision making of college students. Reviews outstanding theoretical and empirical issues characteristic of structural equation modeling, with a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Family Relationship, Higher Education
Planting a Tree while Envisioning the Forest--The Recursive Relation between Theory and Research: Reply to Blustein (2003).
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Tokar, David M.; Hall, Rosalie J.; Moradi, Bonnie – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2003
In his comments regarding Tokar et al.'s article (this issue) Blustein offered several useful suggestions for future research in the area of relationship variables and career development and raised several concerns about the rationale for and use of structural equation modeling in testing their models. In this reply, the authors note points of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Family Relationship, Higher Education
Gaining a Foothold: Women's Transitions through Work and College.
American Association of Univ. Women Educational Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1999
This study explores how women make decisions about educational transitions, focusing on the complex interaction of personal, social, cultural, economic, and institutional factors that influence women as they move from high school to work, from high school to college, and from the workforce back to school. It also compares men's and women's…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Career Choice, Career Planning