Assesses the vocational commitment of college women who had spent time, energy and money preparing for a profession. Subjects were senior undergraduate women from a large southern university. Results indicated women desired active involvement in their profession. (EK)

Scales of the Career Development Inventory correlated significantly with certainty of career goals for college students but not with the incorporation score. (Author)

This study examined the feeling of expectation experienced by female college students. Results indicated students felt a lack of concern on the part of faculty and administration. (EK)

Some 854 upperclassmen and graduate students were administered the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). Profiles were analyzed in individual groupings by major area of study, natural combinations of interest, and indivudal major area groupings by school to identify the dominant personality needs of each group. Cross comparisons were also…

Several predictors of occupational choice derived from a theory of careers (Holland, 1973) were examined. Hypotheses that a person's competencies, activities, self-estimates, interests, and vocational choices can be organized by a six-category typology to understand and predict subsequent choice were tested. Samples of 894 men and 989 women took…

This study explored the differences in vocational maturity, academic aptitude, and achievement variables among female sorority students who made congruent, incongruent, and undecided occupational choices. The findings suggest that students in the congruent female group tend to be more vocationally mature. (Author)

This study sought to determine what differences, if any, exist in the way students from different geographic regions weight the importance of ten career-related values. (Author)

Expectancy theory concepts were used to predict (1) the attractiveness of, (2) the amount of effort directed toward entering, and (3) the eventual choice of a job in relatively big and small work organizations. (Author)

Investigates whether general anxiety or anxiety about choice of a college major and choice of a vocation were related to educational-vocational decidedness. Of the 10 independent variables, nine were found to be related to at least one of the dependent variables, thus supporting the relationships hypothesized between anxiety and career decision…

Career orientation of college women was studied through examination of type of major chosen and attitudes influencing career decisions. Subjects were senior university students. Study points out differences between women choosing occupations such as teaching and those choosing careers in science. (EK)

In an attempt to survey career attitudes of undergraduate women students, a pre-test/post-test research design was adopted. Questionnaire items attempted to measure career interests, the college role in forming or encouraging career choice, general personality characteristics, attitudes of respondents toward the college environment and their…

This study investigated the tendency to view one's chosen occupation as ideal, the meaning of an ideal occupation, and the consequences of choosing an ideal occupation. It was found that the most likely students to consider their chosen occupation ideal were high in both self-esteem and career salience. (Author)

Entering college students differ in their career approach--nearly half choose their major first, and slightly over half choose their occupation first; students differ by college, with slight differences by sex. (Author)

Male engineering students (N=340) revealed chosen major job function and completed the Family Relations Inventory (FRI). Engineering students in general are more likely to describe their dominant parent as Avoiding than as either Accepting or Concentrating. (Author)

This study investigated seven factors relating to personal preferences in choosing a career. Differences between male and female preferences were also studied. While males and females express similarities relating to the seven factors, they also reveal differences that should be considered by counselors helping individuals explore career choices.…