The effectiveness of two career development treatments were compared. No significant differences were found. Implications for career development services are presented. (Author/ABB)

Tested a path model reflecting developmental and chronic types of career indecision on counseling students (N=164) and high school students (N=155). Data from both samples supported the model, confirming the role of trait anxiety in career indecision. (JAC)

This paper reviews the available research on the components of jobs that lead to satisfaction or lack of it in the job. It discusses the vocational interest research and the way it relates to the 'interest in work' issues. Finally it notes what research still needs to be done. (NG)

A longitudinal study beginning in junior high school demonstrates the significance of occupational need-values in educational and vocational aspirations and in classroom behavior. (Author)

Occupational information is an integral part of the PLAN curriculum, through which the student learns about occupations by active participation in the occupational education portion of the social studies and language arts program. (Author/CJ)

Addresses problems associated with Prediger's article questioning the usefulness and fairness of the unnormed Self-Directed Search (SDS) for females. Discusses issues of sex differences and same-sex test norming. (RC)

Investigated the relationship of racial differences to incidence of vocational unrealism when both ability and socioeconomic status are assessed. Results showed most students were unrealistic and Black students were no more unrealistic than White students. Black students attributed more importance to and felt more confidence in obtaining choices.…

Studied the relationships of desired work values and vocational life stages as reflected in the choice of organization of 233 persons. Participants responded to 60 hypothetical job offers. Analyses of results showed security became more salient with age. (RC)

Choice of an educational curriculum is a key decision facing high school and college students. A chart, developed to make career implications of a business curriculum more meaningful to students, is presented. A similar chart can be developed for any area where information is needed for educational planning. (Author/BEF)

Interactions of job satisfaction and vocational interests are discussed, particular attention being given to determinants of dissatisfaction and the concept of job involvement. (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)

Presents a workshop focusing on increasing: self-knowledge of participants and their environment, and decision making skills for occupational midlife reassessment and change. Concludes that these workshops should be pursued by counselors in other settings to assist clients in transition. Personal sharing among participants led to self-insight and…

Identifies high school experiences and attitudes of freshmen college women that influenced their choice of traditional or nontraditional careers. Educators should provide counseling and teaching techniques that provide a more egalitarian perspective on women's roles and careers, including literature, work experience, and unbiased counseling. (JAC)

Investigated the traditional or nontraditional orientation of the career preferences of androgynous and traditional females (N=62). Administered the Bem Sex Role Inventory and a career preference scale. Results indicated that androgynous females explore wider ranges of occupational choices. (RC)

Female high school students plan to study less mathematics than their male classmates, both in and after high school. Career interests of students seem to affect their plans for the study of high school mathematics. Significant sex differences suggest that sex-role stereotyping occurs. (Author)