Investigated the development of general attitudes toward work in career transitions of Israeli junior and senior high school students, university students, and vocational and executive trainees. The results confirmed the role of expectations in attitude formation. Similar expectations as to status and advancement led to similar attitudes. (JAC)

Proposes a three-level taxonomy of reasons for vocational retraining: compliance, identification, and internalization. Internalization level motivators correlated with internal locus of control and vocational maturity. Subjects who retrained because of high compliance motivation were less satisfied with the program and more inclined to drop out.…

This review of research on lifespan approaches to career development finds that most studies focus on early career stages, fewer on middle to late adulthood. Research on work and nonwork domains (leisure, well-being, family) has increased in complexity and volume. Greater integration of these two strands is urged. (324 references) (SK)