Tests a model of men's nontraditional occupational choice, using a longitudinal sample of college-age men in both gender traditional and nontraditional occupations. Liberal social attitudes, degree aspirations, and socio-economic status were directly predictive of nontraditional career choice. (Contains 35 references and 2 tables.) (GCP)

Surveyed 188 female faculty at large midwestern university regarding their perceptions of their work environment, their current mentoring activities, and their willingness to participate in resource bank for advising female students about career choice. Respondents indicated positive perceptions of their academic environment and strong interest in…

A practical procedure which is based on decision and information processing theories is presented to assist clients of career counselors. The proposed procedure, which is derived from the sequential elimination approach, considers the individual's limited cognitive and material resources and provides specific guidelines aimed at facilitating…

Examined degree to which personality hardiness, career beliefs, self-efficacy, and occupational choice status related to career self-efficacy among 181 college juniors and seniors. Results indicated that motivation, self-efficacy, occupational choice status, and commitment correlated significantly to career self-efficacy. (Author/NB)

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)

Discusses the application of Holland's theory and cognitive information processing theory to the case of a college student who was deciding about a major and a future career. The outcome of the student's case, her personal reactions, and practical implications, are discussed. (Author/GCP)

Extends social cognitive career theory by suggesting how several of its major hypotheses can be applied to counseling. Describes strategies for assisting clients in developing a broad array of career options, analyzing and overcoming barriers to career choice, and counteracting choice-limiting self-efficacy beliefs. Discusses future research needs…

Applies a cognitive information processing approach to the specific process of employment problem solving and decision making. Definitions and accompanying employment examples are followed by an exploration of the nature of employment problems. Examples of positive and negative cognitions that have an impact on the effectiveness of employment…

D. E. Super's (1957) theory of career development has long been of interest to careers researchers (M. Savickas, 1994; S. C. Whiston & B. K. Brecheisen, 2002). Its insightful illustration of career stages has made it widely applied by careers practitioners, Image norms may influence the career decisions and developmental tasks inherent in each…

Responds to Brown's critique of author's (Holland) theory of vocational choice. Discusses validation of theories in general and the validation of this theory in particular. Discusses common complaints about and current status of this theory. Evaluates and responds to Brown's advice. Speculates about future of career theory. (ABL)

Examines continuity in career development from adolescence to middle adulthood by testing the proposition that early developmental task-coping activity predicts later task-coping activity. Results reveal that occupational choice clarity predicted midcareer establishment activity. (Contains 39 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

Investigates students' persistence regarding career aspirations in science and engineering (SE) professional careers as a function of race and sex. In a sample of 8th graders, men were more likely to persist in SE career aspirations. Academic proficiency and math self-efficacy were 2 of the strongest predictors of persistence in SE careers.…

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,…

Describes Career Decision-Making Course, designed to help high school students develop decisional attitudes and competencies that increase readiness to deal with career choice tasks and facilitate behavioral responses that meet these tasks. Reports results from field test of course in which, compared to controls, tenth grade students who…

Examined career indecision by performing cluster analysis on data from 155 high school students on five variables: state anxiety, trait anxiety, locus of control, identity, and career indecision. Results support hypothesis that different forms of career indecision exist, and confirm earlier concepts about importance of anxiety in differentiating…