Reviews research on relationship between cognitive schemas and vocational behavior following from Kelly's (1955) personal construct psychology. Focuses particular attention on traditional study of vocational differentiation and integration as well as more recent efforts to combine these two variables into a structural model of vocational…

Presents a career counseling case example of a female college graduate in marketing and retailing, Sondra. Describes Sondra's personal characteristics and various family factors. Details her attempts to start a career in her two years since college graduation. (PVV)

Presents a comparison of counselor training programs in 16 countries with relation to issues such as occupational choice or career development, professionals or technicians, labor utilization or career satisfaction, and information or relationship. Uses examples from the various countries to provide possible responses to these issues, and outlines…

Identifies characteristics of the celebrity family, examining issues of confidentiality and trust, family boundaries, parenting roles, unrealistic expectations of and for the children, and family isolation. Describes the family as entering into a tacit contract enabling the celebrity to pursue his/her career by relinquishing the parental role to…

Lists in tabular form job requirements, work environment, and other characteristics of 19 major groups of occupations. (CH)

Outlines a theoretical framework for counseling, suggesting that career counselors must assume an active and influential role in interactions with students to facilitate the career counseling process. Discusses perception and social influence theory and use of the technique with groups. (JAC)

Presents a mathematical model utilizing three-letter codes of personality patterns determined from the Self Directed Search. This model compares personality types over time or determines relationships between personality types and person-environment interactions. This approach is consistent with Holland's theory yet more comprehensive than one- or…

Informs counselors of barriers to career achievement for women who choose nontraditional careers. Offers a simulation game, with management as the example, as a psychoeducational intervention strategy or preventive counseling model. Notes that The Management Game is based on empirical and descriptive research. Game directions; chance, situation,…

New ways of working affect career choices as follows: a career is a series of roles, not steps; project management is a key skill; project roles can be performed by insiders or outsiders; careers are made in markets, not hierarchies; and the fundamental career choice is not among companies but between specializing and generalizing. (SK)

Describes pyramid model as useful tool to assist counselor and college student client in career decision-making process. Notes that the metaphor enables student to understand tasks that lie ahead in career counseling process. Includes case study that illustrates three-dimensional model of career counseling of university students. (Author/NB)

Gives overview of research on Super's theory across cultures within United States and internationally. Notes that research indicates that theory has some cross-cultural validity, yet there seem to be measurement concerns. Discusses two areas for future investigation: development of ethnic identity as vocational task and research on developmental…

The authors examine occupational differentiation of U.S. Catholic nuns before and since the Second Vatican Council. Data were collected from interviews with 30 sisters representing 11 congregations. The analysis relates the diversification of their careers to changes in ideology and life-style and to the changing demographic and financial status…

Following a brief review of recent studies of self-efficacy and career-related behaviors, the authors suggest several core self-beliefs that may underlie efficacy expectations and their possible impact on career choice and decision making. Implications and suggestions for career counseling are discussed. (CH)

Reports on a comparative survey of 93 college freshmen (home economics and business majors) regarding their choice of major. Variables discussed include factors and persons influencing this choice, prior work experience, level of satisfaction with the choice, and preferred career options. (CH)

Suggests that women today face a dilemma in creativity: that by choosing one form of creativity (family or direct production), the need for a career will be left unsatisfied. If she chooses both, she feels guilt at doing an inadequate job with either form of creativity. (JAC)