Extending the scope of prior research, this study examines perceptions of the costs and benefits of professional accounting body affiliation in the transition from student to practitioner. The study employs data obtained from 275 students and 508 practitioners and reports differences in respect of the importance placed on various costs and…

Background: The speech and language therapy/pathology (SLT/SLP) profession is characterized by extreme "occupational sex segregation", a term used to refer to persistently male- or female-dominated professions. Men make up only 2.5% of all SLTs in the UK, and a similar imbalance is found in other countries. Despite calls to increase…

Much prior research has examined the dearth of women in the IT industry. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of women in IT within the context of information security and assurance. This paper describes results from a study of a relatively new career path to see if there are female-friendly opportunities that have not existed…

Students from a master's program in Substance Abuse and Clinical Counseling (SACC) at a midsize southeastern university were surveyed to determine personal characteristics and career goals. Sixty-two of the 68 students currently enrolled in the program volunteered to anonymously complete the questionnaire. The typical profile of the SACC student…

Objective: This study describes medical students' perceptions of the field of psychiatry and identifies the impact of those perceptions on their career choices in order to explore the questions: Are we as a field doing all that we can to enhance the educational experience of all medical students, regardless of their career preferences? What are…

The impact of increasing preference options in the Marine Corps was studied by administering the Marine Assignment Preference Schedule (MAPS) to all new recruits between October 1972 and April 1973, to whom no special training commitment had been made. Enlistees indicated their occupational preference on MAPS administered at entry to, at…

Little is known about the relationship between the choice of a sex discrepant occupation and the selection of a nursing career, attitudes toward training, and professional socialization. The research design included a cross-sectional attitude survey of both beginning and advanced nursing school students. Data were obtained from a…

Recruitment of physicians into psychiatry and practice location decisions of practicing psychiatrists in the United States was investigated. Psychiatrists studied were identified by a stratified random sample of those listed in the American Psychiatric Association Membership Directory/1980. (MLW)

Black high school seniors were administered a questionnaire asking them to evaluate the importance of 25 job-related factors in their decisions to take a job. They also received an adjective check list which was designed to assess the students' self-concepts. Navy recruiters also received the job factor questionnaire and were asked to predict how…

Reports results of a survey of 300 minority (i.e., African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American) librarians conducted to determine factors that influence minority librarians to choose a career in librarianship and to ascertain effective recruiting techniques to attract minorities to librarianship. A copy of the questionnaire is appended.…

IN THIS STUDY, STATE LIBRARY CONSULTANTS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION, AND CAREER ATTITUDES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THIS EXPLORATORY SURVEY WERE (1) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR GUIDELINES ON RECRUITING AND TRAINING FUTURE CONSULTANTS, (2) TO REFINE TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE AREA, AND (3) TO DISCOVER…

During the summer of 1968, 625 inner-city secondary school youth, ages 14-18, participated in a work-study program. Objectives were: (1) to involve inner-city youth in the development and interpretation of open-ended urban problems study programs; (2) to determine the effects of involvement in a variety of study and employment experiences related…

The primary objective of this investigation was to determine what attitudinal and knowledge factors contributed toward minority high school students not choosing nursing as a profession in higher numbers than they currently do. A total of 2,057 American Indian, Chicano, Black, and Caucasian high school seniors were surveyed at three geographically…

The following activities were conducted to identify strategies for improving the representation of women in professional, managerial, and technical occupations in the United Kingdom's building industry: literature review; mail questionnaire to which 468 (63.8%) of the 733 women contacted responded; group discussions with 32 women employed in the…