Purpose: The present study has two purposes. One is to investigate the relationship between an Inter-Organizational Career Orientation (IOCO) of employees and their career strategies. The second is to investigate the effects of the career attitudes that an IOCO has on employee career strategies. Design/methodology/approach: The facts and…

A study was designed to investigate the validity and reliability of the adult Career Concerns Inventory, which assesses career concerns of adults of any age and occupation. Subjects, 4 male and 165 female students (ages 23 to 62) enrolled in the graduate nursing program at a southern university, were administered the adult Career Concerns…

An evaluation was conducted of the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at the end of its second year of implementation. Evaluation data were collected in the following ways: regular meetings with project staff; on-site observations of program activities; results from pre and posttesting students; inspection…

An evaluation was conducted of the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) experience-based career education (EBCE) program at the end of a three-year operating period. Evaluation data were collected in the following ways: (1) regular meetings with the project coordinator and EBCE staff; (2) on-site observations of program activities; (3) results from pre- and…

A study was done to examine the effects of an Early Field Experience Program on interpersonal skills. Results supported the hypothesis that early teaching experience positively affects the interpersonal capabilities of prospective teachers. Therefore, a prospective teacher participating in this program is better equipped to establish more…

Reports on some ways in which schools approach the task of teaching pupils about the nature of industry as part of their general understanding of society. Describes some of the methods which schools have adopted including work visits, work experience, and inviting industrialists into the classroom. (CT)

Relationships among the Big Five personality factors (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism), career interests, and career self-efficacy (using Holland's realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional types for both of the latter) were examined. Among a sample of 147 college students,…

This study examined the validity of using stories to appraise career dispositions and problems associated with career adaptability. Premedical students (63 women, 37 men) wrote narratives about Thematic Apperception Test cards (TAT) and responded to the Strong Interest Inventory (SII). Independent raters identified identical career adaptability…

Mentor, a law-related program sponsored by the Federal Bar Council, New York Alliance for the Public Schools and the New York City Public Schools, completed its second year of operation in 1983-84. This evaluation report focuses on the 1983-84 program expansion implemented in spring 1983. Mentor consists of a series of one-day activity sessions…

Intervention procedures, consisting of a brief report of vocational interest scores and small-group sessions on vocational planning, were designed to encourage girls to consider the full range of occupations, unrestricted by sex-role stereotypes. Outcomes differed according to interest type, thus suggesting that certain students may need more…

Evaluates a technology education program designed to provide mastery experiences described in self-efficacy theory and predicted to improve career decision-making of seventh- and eighth-grade students (N=169). Pre- and post-test instruments assessed technical/scientific self-efficacy and career interest. Although measures showed a greater valuing…

Current school reform efforts aim to increase the numbers of students who graduate from high school and go on to pursue postsecondary education or training. In this article, the authors look at seven types of career exploration programs to determine if this is an effective approach for accomplishing these goals.

This report addresses the concern that too many youth leave high school without constructive plans for the future. Career planning helps some young people develop a sense of connectedness leading to commitment and follow-through. The Career Information System (CIS) is an interactive, computer-based system helping students explore occupational and…

The Improving Vocational Guidance and Counseling through Career Awareness, Orientation and Exploration summer program was developed to provide a 3-week career awareness and exploration program for teacher-recommended disadvantaged minority middle school students from the Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. A total of 18 African, African-American,…

Six school sites were visited to evaluate the work being done there in the third and final year of the Ohio Experience-Based Career Education program (EBCE) for secondary students (primarily 9th and 10th graders). Evaluators interviewed school staff, present and former EBCE participants, and employers in the communities. Questionnaires were also…