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Direct linkPrimavera, Michele T.; Church, A. Timothy; Katigbak, Marcia S.; Bruna, Lisa; White, Joy R.; Peradilla, Imelda – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
The structure of vocational interests was investigated in Filipino high school students (N = 503), who rated their interest in 303 culture-relevant occupational titles and 93 major fields of study. Item-level principal components analyses identified general interest, prestige, and sex-type dimensions, rather than Prediger's (1982) People/Things…
Descriptors: Occupations, Reputation, Vocational Interests, Economic Factors
Perry, Justin C.; Przybysz, Jeff; Al-Sheikh, Muna – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
The present study investigated the relevance of the "aspiration-expectation gap" and traditional gender differences among urban youth in middle school and high school (N = 294). Results failed to indicate a significant difference between the occupational prestige levels of aspired and expected careers, but did indicate a significant difference…
Descriptors: Expectation, Females, Reputation, Gender Differences
Sverko, Iva – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
In order to analyze the validity of spherical model of interests in Croatia, three Croatian samples of primary school students (N = 437), secondary school students (N = 540) and university students (N = 630) were administered a translated version of the Personal Globe Inventory (PGI, [Tracey, T.J.G. (2002). Personal Globe Inventory: Measurement of…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Age Differences, Interest Inventories, Foreign Countries
Porfeli, Erik J.; Wang, Chuang; Hartung, Paul J. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Theory and research suggest that children develop orientations toward work appreciably influenced by their family members' own expressed work experiences and emotions. Cross-sectional data from 100 children (53 girls, 47 boys; mean age = 11.1 years) and structural equation modeling were used to assess measures of work affectivity and experiences…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Career Development, Work Attitudes, Children
Creed, Peter A.; Doherty, Fiona; O'Callaghan, Frances – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
We surveyed 225 Year 9 and 10 students at T1 regarding their attitude, social norms, control, experience, plans and intentions to find a part-time job while at school. Of these, 149 did not have a job and were surveyed again four months later about their job-seeking and job outcomes (104 responded at T2). Job-seeking intentions at T1 were…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Longitudinal Studies
Ng, Thomas W. H.; Feldman, Daniel C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
The current article provides an extension of the conceptual literature on the school-to-work transition (STWT). Specifically, we attempt to integrate this diverse literature by proposing a role identity approach to studying STWTs. Here, we suggest that an individual's work role identity plays three roles in understanding the outcomes of STWTs: as…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Self Concept, Predictor Variables, Role Theory
