A further understanding of the relationship between self-concept, race, or sex and career maturity was sought. The results indicated that self-concept seems to have differential impact on career maturity, depending on the race and sex of the participant. (Author)

There are many blue-collar workers who aspire to work in the white-collar world. Work histories of employed adults from an industrial area of Baltimore who were classified as Realistic (based on the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory) show most adults are apparently unable to move out of this classification. (Author)

The preferences of a group of nonprofessional workers for a vocational counselor were solicited to ascertain whether participants would choose a counselor whose personality type matched their own. (Author)

This article describes an empirical study that demonstrates the effectiveness of using cassette tapes to disseminate significant information on career education to a nationwide audience of educational leaders. (Author)

This study looks at whether the type of living arrangements would affect the direction and realism of vocational interest among mentally retarded adults. The 60 subjects were either institutionalized or living in the community. The community-based subjects tended to be more realistic in their vocational interests. (NG)

Pilot interviews with middle-aged men who had made major career changes revealed considerable diversity in values and motivations and yielded a preliminary typology of career changers. (Author)

This study investigates the relation of varying amounts of career information on levels of career choices of seventh-grade students. (Author)

The application of job simulation to career vocational exploration is discussed and a model for developing job-simulated units, with a description of their implementation in various education programs in Utah, is presented. The results of several evaluations and field tests using job simulation units are reported and discussed. (Author)

The study made for this article sought to determine the effects of selected social and environmental variables on the choice of major and career plans of women possessing high quantitative aptitude. (Author)

An investigation of the factors that affect the career aspirations of Black college women revealed that occupational status is an overdetermining factor. (Author)

This study examines salary differences by sex for a group of male and female college graduates. The results of the mail questionnaire lend support to current claims of discrimination in the employment of women. Implications for counselors are discussed. (SJL)

The purposes of this study were to demonstrate a methodology for local development of slide-tape occupational information materials, and to determine whether this was a more effective means of conveying this information than printed or aural presentations. The results indicate the slide-tape mode was the most effective. (Author)

This study examines the relationship of clerical workers' ability level, as measured by the School and College Ability Test, and measures of employee satisfactoriness and job satisfaction. Ability level was not related to satisfactoriness, but was inversely related to job satisfaction. (SJL)

The study shows that college students enrolled in a career course made greater gains on certain vocational development measures than did students who initiated one-to-one counseling. (Author)

This study was designed to identify the factors significantly influencing the current compensation received by male graduates of two-year-college business and engineering/technology programs. Using stepwise multiple regression, the importance of including employer and job attributes, as well as personal characteristics, in the examination of…