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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ750127
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jan
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0748-1756
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Structure of Interests in Japan: Application of the Personal Globe Inventory Occupational Scales
Long, Lirong; Watanabe, Naotaka; Tracey, Terence J. G.
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, v38 n4 p222 Jan 2006
Japanese college students (N = 2,492) completed the translated Personal Globe Inventory (PGI: T. J. G. Tracey, 2002b) Occupational Title scales, and the structural validity of vocational interests was examined. Support was provided for the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional), octant, and spherical structure of the PGI Occupational Title scales. In addition, there were no structural differences found between men and women. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Interests, College Students, Measures (Individuals), Gender Differences, Career Choice, Interest Inventories
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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