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50 Years of ERIC
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Talib, Jasmi A.; Salleh, Amla; Amat, Salleh; Ghavifekr, Simin; Ariff, Azlinda M. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2015
Using a pre-post and control group design, we examined the effect of a career education module on career development among a group of 122 community college students in Malaysia. The effect of gender and the interaction effect of gender and career education module on career development were also investigated. MANOVA analyses showed significant…
Descriptors: Career Education, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Gender Differences
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Beinicke, Andrea; Pässler, Katja; Hell, Benedikt – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
The study investigates consequences of eliminating items showing gender-specific differential item functioning (DIF) on the psychometric structure of a standard RIASEC interest inventory. Holland's hexagonal model was tested for structural invariance using a confirmatory methodological approach (confirmatory factor analysis and randomization…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Gender Differences, Vocational Interests, Interest Inventories
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Lee, In Heok; Rojewski, Jay W. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2012
The complex phenomenon of intraindividual and interindividual differences in the development of occupational aspirations and factors influencing this development were examined in a longitudinal sample of 5,727 Korean adolescents over a 4-year period. A downward trajectory of occupational aspirations from junior high school to the first year of…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Early Adolescents, Individual Differences, Career Development
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Bakshi, Anuradha J. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2011
Career-related crises and major decisions, support for these, and job satisfaction were surveyed in 124 varied individuals from Mumbai, India. All participants were in the post-career-entry stage and engaged in paid work; they differed with regard to age (range 18-75 years), sex, marital status, religion, education, occupation, income, and…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Adolescents
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Creed, Peter A.; Wong, Oi Yin; Hood, Michelle – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
The study tested the relationship between occupational aspirations/expectations (type and status) and decision-making difficulties, efficacy and career barriers in 498 Chinese high school students. Males aspired to investigative and enterprising types, but expected realistic and enterprising ones; females aspired to enterprising and conventional…
Descriptors: Females, Occupational Aspiration, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Ghislieri, Chiara; Gatti, Paola; Quaglino, Gian Piero – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
The paper presents a survey among 300 employees in Northern Italy to assess the willingness to mentor and identify the factors that affect it. Men and respondents with previous mentoring experience indicate a higher willingness to be a mentor. Willingness is affected by personal characteristics that are perceived as necessary for a mentor and the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Employees, Employee Attitudes
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Cardoso, Paulo; Moreira, Joao Manuel – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
This study tested the hypothesis that self-efficacy in career roles moderates the relation between perception of career barriers and career planning, in a study with Portuguese students, 488 in Grade 9 and 517 in Grade 12. The results supported the hypothesis only among Grade 9 girls, showing that perception of career barriers leads to less career…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Self Efficacy, Grade 9, Grade 12