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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Tales of Two Subjects: Narratives of Career Counseling
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Vilhjalmsdottir, Gudbjorg; Tulinius, Torfi H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
Narratives, often quite complex, are at the core of subjective careers. Tools and methodology have been adapted from narratology to analyze career stories thoroughly. This article presents four career counselors' narratives of client that have been analyzed with Greimas' actantial model and semiotic square. This methodology proves to be of value…
Descriptors: Methods, Reflection, Personal Narratives, Content Analysis
The Role of Personality in Adolescent Career Planning and Exploration: A Social Cognitive Perspective
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Rogers, Mary E.; Creed, Peter A.; Glendon, A. Ian – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) recognises the importance of individual differences and contextual influences in the career decision-making process. In extending the SCCT choice model, this study tested the role of personality, social supports, and the SCCT variables of self-efficacy, outcome expectations and goals in explaining the career…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Self Efficacy, Personality, Career Exploration
The Effect of Client Attachment Style and Counselor Functioning on Career Exploration
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littman-Ovadia, Hadassah – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This longitudinal research investigated the interactive effect of social attachment style and perceived-counselor behavior on exploratory behavior exhibited by clients during and after career counseling. Results from 96 clients in career counseling indicated that social confidence and comfort, and the perception that the counselor had created…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Career Counseling, Anxiety, Career Exploration
Early Predictors of Career Development: A 10-Year Follow-up Study
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Ferreira, Joaquim Armando; Santos, Eduardo J. R.; Fonseca, Antonio C.; Haase, Richard F. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
This paper presents empirical findings from a 10-year longitudinal study of the educational and occupational socialization of 445 participants who were about 7 years old when first tested, and about 17 years old at the fourth time of measurement. In addition to collecting psychological measurements from the participants, behavioral reports were…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Psychological Characteristics, Social Psychology, Data Interpretation