High school students from various types of schools neither stereotyped nor chose to stereotype the secretarial position. A small group of interested males should be encouraged to become secretaries. (Author)

This research assesses the importance of counselor-client contact in occupational aspiration-expectation discrepancies. Subjects are 1835 high school seniors. The study finds the more counselor-client contact there is, the less discrepant is the client's career aspiration and expectation. This relationship remains after controlling for variables…

Developmental models of vocational maturity are discussed and a mid-career model is proposed, noting developmental problems. An inventory for heterogeneous adults is described and the results are summarized. (Author)

The objective of the study was to develop and assess the efficacy of competing group counseling procedures for assisting students in decision making. The counseling procedures used videotaped models, structured interaction, and a combination of the two. There were no clear trends favoring any one procedure. (Author)

A test-retest reliability study of the Singer Vocational Evaluation System indicated a moderate degree of stability over time of the entire Singer battery for an Educable Mentally Retarded population. (Author)

This article summarizes the results of the field trial of DISCOVER, a computerized, interactive career guidance system intended to be used with students in grades seven to 12. (Author)

The reported counseling needs of adult students enrolled in area vocational-technical schools center primarily on academic and vocational concerns. (Author)

The failure of two vocational counseling interventions to generate tangible results suggests that counselors need to become experts in job-seeking skills and pass this knowledge on to their counselees. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the vocational development process of tenth-grade disadvantaged students can be facilitated through deliberate intervention in the form of supplementary learning experiences. (Author)

This article describes the Denver Vocational Guidance Institutes as they operated from 1966 to 1972, presents the results of a long-term follow-up study, and discusses the generalizability of the training format. (Author)

A questionnaire surveying more than 1,000 business, political, education, and military supervisors revealed that they valued skill performances and human relations as the two most critical components of subordinate success. (Author)

This paper describes methods used to evaluate a secondary school's career education program. The program aims at enhancing students' career awareness and self-awareness in a group setting. The evaluation focused on effects on counselors, students and the schools. The evaluation data led to program modifications. (NG)

This study examined the relationship of career maturity to both reading achievement and the socioeconomic status of sixth-grade Black males. It is concluded that socialization or vocationalization processes rather than reading achievement account for differences in vocational maturity. Implications for counseling are discussed. (NG)

Since people do vocationally who they are without recognizing themselves if not educated to do so, the author helps youths educationally become what they want to do. This study reports a strong association between vocational aspirations and the numbers of hours adolescents study per week. (Author)

The relationship between the sexes of counselor and client, the client's presenting problem, and subsequent problem focus as vocational or personal is examined. (Author)