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Peer reviewedLorence, Jon – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1987
Using data from the Quality of Employment Surveys, the author investigates three explanations of age differences in work involvement. Differences in cohort and job characteristics appear to be plausible determinants of differences in specific job involvement, while overall subjective commitment to the labor force may be influenced by developmental…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Quality of Working Life, Social Class
Peer reviewedMorse, Edwin B., Jr. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1978
A study of work values of mid-life students (ages 35-55) at a Virginia community college found that a work role allowing for achievement, creativity, and intellectual stimulation was of greater value to White mid-life groups than extrinsic values emphasizing economic returns, security, and work associates. Discusses implications for counseling.
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adults, Community Colleges, Counseling
Peer reviewedSuper, Donald E.; Kidd, Jennifer M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
It is postulated that adult vocational maturity needs to be assessed because of the changing developmental tasks encountered during the course of careers. Super's proposed adult vocational maturity model is examined for the promise that it offers and the problems that arise in developing a multidimensional measure of vocational maturity. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Career Development, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedSchwarzwald, Joseph; Shoham, Monica – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Proposes a three-level taxonomy of reasons for vocational retraining: compliance, identification, and internalization. Internalization level motivators correlated with internal locus of control and vocational maturity. Subjects who retrained because of high compliance motivation were less satisfied with the program and more inclined to drop out.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Change, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGoldberg, Richard T. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1989
The vocational development of 547 disabled students (ages 10-24) in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany was classified by disability type and compared with able-bodied students, in terms of plans, realism, initiative, work values, commitment, and occupational awareness. Germans made specific training plans whereas U.S. students…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Classification
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1975
This packet of materials provides a copy of the Career and Occupational Development exercises and complete documentation about administration and scoring procedures as released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP, an information-gathering project, used these exercises to survey the educational attainments of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Development
