Proposed and tested vocational identity prediction model based on assumption that vocational identity development problems result from student anxiety and academic difficulties caused by insufficient support/influence of existing family context. Found model would predict significant variance in vocational identity and that each component…

Examines factors motivating 90 aspiring school administrators to pursue principalships and to enroll in a preservice training program. Personal motivations for challenge, responsibility, and knowledge figure prominently in career and preservice training decisions. Context and the influence of others were significant in training-program selection.…

Using responses from a national survey of chief academic officers in public community colleges, identifies previous position holders and the positions to which they moved. Presents findings, which indicated that the greatest percentage of former chief academic officers became president (30 percent), whereas the next largest percentage retired (27…

Examined the relationship between career aspiration-current occupation congruence and the career maturity of 134 undergraduates (103 women and 31 men) attending a large Midwestern community college. Results revealed a significant relationship (p<.01) between aspiration-occupation congruence and two separate measures of career maturity. (Author)

The author's career path can best be described as "unconventional" or "non-traditional" for a senior student affairs administrator. Being a first-generation college graduate, the author's focus was on what he characterizes as a "clear cut career path" for a Myers Briggs Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging (ESTJ):…

Data on a nationally representative sample of 3730 white men aged 15 to 24 in 1966 were obtained from the National Longitudinal Study of the Labor Market Experience of Young Men. The men were interviewed every year from 1966 to 1971, and the surveys provide data on aspirations and employment experiences for each year. Three variables--job…

The first panel of a three-year longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the process by which youth form career expectations. The study was designed around a cross-sectional path model of career expectations drawn from the sociological literature on status attainment and is based on differential equations in which all expectation variables…

This paper presents the results of a pilot study which explored the relationship between temperament, interest, and ability and the educational and vocational development of 44 disadvantaged black females. Data used in the study were obtained from the "Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire," the "Occupational Interest Inventory," and the…

To provide guidelines for educators who plan career development in school programs, this research studied the influences on career development of young children. Evidence was sought to determine how the world of work is presented to children in the elementary reading texts and materials. Samples of reading materials used in the elementary…

The problems involved in the measurement of vocational maturity are complicated by the hypothesized developmental nature of the behaviors to be quantified. One major problem mentioned is that of formulating a measurement model which incorporates the merits of established approaches to test construction yet circumvents their shortcomings. A brief…

Results of a study investigating vocational development of rural 10th-grade students show that both race and sex differences affect occupational aspirations. Parental influence, socioeconomic status, and self-concept also influence adolescent career development. Implications for future rural vocational education are discussed. (DF)

Presents a comprehensive review of women in the world of work, and then considers how disability affects women's work and home roles. Describes career development, labor market utilization, occupational and career mobility, achievement and attainment paths of women and disabled women as workers. (JAC)

Charts the rate at which occupational differentiation proceeds among (N=3730) White men age 16-28, and investigates the personal and family attributes by which they are distributed, or distribute themselves, to jobs. Results suggest occupational differentiation among men stabilizes by the mid-twenties; distribution occurs primary along an…

From 1870 to 1975, three types of school administrators were identified: the plateau administrators who remained at initial entry level assignments; vertical aspirants who actively sought advancement; and place-holders who began as vertical aspirants but for one reason or another were placed in non-decision-making positions. (Author/GDC)

Presents biographical information on Lenore White Harmon, noted professor, counselor, and researcher. In a question-and-answer section, Harmon describes her early career decisions, work history, research efforts, professional contributions, important influences and reflections on her career development. (KW)