Holland's (1973) theory served as a basis for designing a 15-hour career development seminar for 24 undergraduate students. A Solomon four-group design (Campbell and Stanley, 1963) was employed to evaluate the effectiveness of the seminar, with the Career Maturity Inventory (Crites, 1973) serving as the dependent measure. Seminar participants…

This study examined the relationship of 97 college women's self-concepts and role concepts to nine career orientation variables. Results supported the expectation that women with similar self- and homemaker concepts would not be career oriented. (Author)

The primary purpose of this monograph is to describe the relationship between adolescent personality and the educational and vocational development of young adults, criteria for the latter being developed from the Project TALENT follow-up studies. This relationship seeking is set in a context of career development theory and a concern for guidance…

This project investigated attitudes of entering freshmen college women in an attempt to learn whether traditional sex-role ideologies were still predominant, and what the career and educational aspiration levels of these young women were. The variables most concerning the authors were career salience, educational and career aspirations, opinions…

Two groups of college seniors (N=106) were compared on factors affecting feminine career choice and career development. Three factors pertained to feminine role perception. The remaining four were concerned with sex-role stereotyping and various aspects of family background. (Author)

Employing a larger sample and a more stringent statistical criterion, this study replicated an attempt by Grandy and Stahmann to test Holland's hypothesis that parents' personality types foster similar offspring personality development. An explanation is offered that fathers' personality types carry more weight in the development of offspring…

Demonstrated a relationship between shyness and dysfunction in behaviors essential to career development in young adulthood: interpersonal orientation of expressed interests, frequency of career information-seeking, career decidedness, and expectations about the value of assertiveness in job interviews. Found shy men in particular significantly…

Examined data from 96 college students and applicants who applied for career counseling. Found that the predictions of the hierarchical model for the structure of occupations regarding the relative proximity between occupational fields were more adequate than were those of the circular model. (NB)

A study of university students suggests a complex shift in the meaning of "success" since the early 1970s. New definitions emphasize the following: (1) need for varied skills and adaptable personalities; (2) expectation of multiple career paths; (3) rejection of traditional ideas of success; and (4) hard work as a prescription for life. (PS)

Examined effects of a life-career development course on university students (N=74). The treatment was based on a comprehensive counseling model of change agent career decision making. The participants became significantly more rational, more certain of their major and career choices, and more crystallized in their vocational self-concept. (JAC)

Computed four derivatives of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) and correlated them with other indices of career maturity for 138 community college students. Accuracy in estimating one's SDS profile correlated significantly with five other maturity indices, but the other derivatives tended not to relate to other career maturity criteria. (JAC)

Students (N=153) were studied and it was found that low career salience was associated with a relatively high incidence of vocational indecision. Results suggest there may be two sources of vocational indecision: high career-salience students who value intrinsic rewards and low career-salience students who do not value intrinsic rewards. (Author)

Inquiry into the influence of cultural context variables on vocational behavior remains a primary research need in vocational psychology. Responding to this need, individualism-collectivism (I-C) constructs were examined as an individual differences cultural context variable relative to: (1) fit and consistency of expressed occupational choice…

Concerns over career counseling continue to be heard on college campuses. Some of these concerns are articulated in this paper in an effort to promote more cost-effective services. The report opens with a discussion of student attrition and reviews the national literature, outlining such reasons for attrition as a lack of clear vocational goals.…

The students' self perception, development, esteem, and alignment with career roles can benefit from sensitive orchestration with a qualified counselor. (Author)