The authors examined how college men's conformity to an array of masculinity norms varied as a function of their vocational interests to better understand the gendered context of men's vocational development. Three hundred ten mostly Caucasian and heterosexual college men completed the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory, and their answer to…

The purpose of this study was to (a) examine the employment concerns of postsecondary students with disabilities and (b) develop strategies for improving their post-graduation employment outcomes. Utilizing an established methodology grounded in the ideals of participatory action research, the researchers surveyed a 208 students with various…

In 1991, survey questionnaires were completed by 823 out of 1,518 College Placement Council college members in a study assessing the status of career planning and placement activities. The results revealed that 87% of the responding offices were centralized. The 1991 survey results showed a continuation of the decline in the use of "placement"…

The document presents a brief historical background leading to the development of career counseling services at Delaware State College. It includes the philosophy of career planning at the college which encourages the black student to investigate career opportunities during his freshman year so that four years of career exploration leads to…

The Job Knowledge Survey (JKS) is a new instrument that measures job knowledge across two sets of dimensions. Results provide support for its validity. The JKS, therefore, appears to have strong potential as an effective measure of job knowledge. (Author)

Studies the application of the monotonic criterion, i.e., career development proceeds in a continuous pattern. Systematic increases in scores on the Career Development Inventory are shown by high school students, but not by college students. Findings and related theory support discontinuity of career development process after high school. (DOW)

This paper presents and tests a model of career commitment in the young adult years that predicts membership in ROTC and the strength of the individual's commitment to a military career. Many of the specific findings, may be generalizable to other types of careers. (Author)

Investigated cognitive dissonance as a mechanism associated with vocational decision processes in students (N=224) enrolled in a professional training program. Results did not support the hypothesis that individuals who change their course of action regarding vocational choice will exhibit dissonance-related variables that are different from those…

The recent application of Weiner's attribution theory to the career exploration and planning process has resulted in a series of investigations designed to assist college students to develop an optimistic attributional style for career decision making. This paper undertakes a comprehensive review of three attributional retraining investigations…

A classification of the sources of motivational conflicts found in college students seeking counseling for vocational problems was reported and applied to 82 vocational counseling cases. The major classification categories emphasize personality development and treat successive choice points as transitional periods in a continuous process.…

This article describes a program introduced at Moravian College in Pennsylvania aimed at helping students relate their liberal arts education to positions in a technology oriented society. (Author)

Findings of this investigation suggest that subjects in the congruent female group tend to have more stable college major choices than subjects in the congruent male group. (Author)

The dimensions of preference were arranged in two independent groups: the first defined by occupational titles, curriculum subjects, and vocational life goals; and the second by job attributes and general life goals. The implications of this finding for the nature of vocational preference and certain counseling activities are discussed. (Author)

Undecided freshmen persisting to college graduation were compared with undecided freshmen who left college by the end of their fourth quarter. At the time of their departure, 72 percent of the leavers were not in good academic standing; stayers had higher ACT scores than leavers. It was concluded that the undecided, though diverse, represent a…

Career Centeredness places a career above other life activities as a source of satisfaction whereas Career Commitment concerns the intention of steadily pursuing a career throughout life. The expectation that Career Centeredness would be more characteristic of masculine women and correlate higher with achievement motivation was generally…