This study assessed the processes and outcomes of individual career counselling for 111 university students in Québec (Canada) who received an average of 3.19 sessions. We identified two profiles of clients at the beginning of counselling: (a) Clients with moderate levels of career indecision and distress, and (b) clients with high levels of…

Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationship between the number of co-operative (co-op) education work terms that students completed and the importance they attach to employer and job attributes (i.e. work values). Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from a large cross-sectional survey of co-op students (N = 2,097) from one…

This study investigated the perception of role model attributes of women and men sport professors, how these attributes influence the choice of academic role models, and how such role models affect career objectives. The study draws on social cognitive (career) theory. Data were collected with a quantitative online survey (N = 792) targeted at…

More and more Canadians are pursuing graduate studies, often to increase their chances of getting a better-paying job. Using data from the 2016 Census, this study examines the extent to which median earnings of workers with a master's degree or doctorate differ from their counterparts with a bachelor's degree, focusing on differences across fields…

This project examined the role of cooperative education (co-op) in changing majors and career certainty in Canadian university students. Career certainty scores were collected using an online questionnaire from students in both cooperative education and non-cooperative education. The frequency with which students changed their major and their…

Internationalisation have recently featured in discussions and initiatives related to various fields of higher education. Educational leaders, institutions and national policy-makers, but also international actors, such as the European Union and UNESCO, have promoted the internationalisation of higher education. Increasing emphasis on…

As their numbers at university grow, we need to gain a better understanding of the different ways in which working-class students negotiate their potential outsider status in what is often considered an essential middle-class institution. Based on data from a four-year longitudinal, qualitative study of working-class students at a Canadian…

Correlational analyses of data from 185 college students showed that vocational certainty and career indecision were significantly related to self-deception and impression management. More likely individuals were to distort information about self and to deny psychologically threatening thoughts, more likely they were to report high levels of…

Surveyed Canadian university student leaders from 52 universities on the prevalence of 20 campus life issues. Of the 20 issues, student preoccupation with future career, student apathy, low interest in broad intellectual concerns, close-mindedness, and alcohol abuse were perceived to be most prevalent. (Author/NB)

The effect of faculty advisor training on the acquisition of career decision-making skills among first year university students at Memorial University of Newfoundland was studied. The study raises issues concerning the efficacy of faculty advisor involvement in assisting first year students to acquire career decision-making skills. (Author)

Compared five indices of differentiation for Holland's model for two data sets: Iachan's indices and Spokane and Walsh index. Tested differentiation and career decision relationship of Pakistani college students (N=376) and Canadian high school seniors (N=138). Found neither index superior in terms of criterion of relationship with career…

Studied the relationship of vocational maturity with Holland's theory of vocational choice. Examined Holland's constructs of consistency, differentiation, and congruency, along with demographic factors of sex and age. Results showed congruency and age related significantly to vocational maturity. Significant differences occurred within both…

A study was undertaken to obtain selected information on outdoor education students of three academic departments (Physical Education and Recreology Departments, University of Ottawa; School of Physical and Health Education, University of Toronto) in Canadian universities, to determine what differences there might be between those who aspire to a…

Not only is the child's perspective of his parents and their occupation influential in his career choice, but the parents' perspective of themselves can also be important in shaping the child's occupational desires. College students (N=93) completed questionnaires to determine the most influential factors on their career choices, and to ascertain…

The population for this study of specific attractions to teaching was defined as the students enrolled in the primary-junior and intermediate-senior consecutive teacher education programs at an Ontario Faculty of Education. Respondents were required to rate the importance of 15 desirable opportunities offered by teaching and were also asked to…