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ERIC Number: EJ567011
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
Cross-Cultural Validity of Holland's Model in Hong Kong.
Farh, Jiing-lih; Leong, Frederick T. L.; Law, Kenneth S.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v52 n3 p425-40 Jun 1998
A study of 1,813 college freshmen in Hong Kong showed that Holland's model of interests and personality types has considerable external validity. Students with stronger traditional Chinese values behaved less consistently with Holland's model than those with weaker traditional values. (SK)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Validity, Vocational Interests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Values; Hollands Hexagonal Model; Hong Kong
Note: Special Issue on International Perspectives in Vocational Psychology.