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ERIC Number: EJ567012
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
An Evaluation of the Cross-Cultural Validity of Holland's Theory: Career Choices by Workers in India.
Leong, Frederick T. L.; Austin, James T.; Sekaran, Uma; Komarraju, Meera
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v52 n3 p441-55 Jun 1998
Natives of India (n=172) completed Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory and job satisfaction measures. The inventory did not exhibit high external validity with this population. Congruence, consistency, and differentiation did not predict job or occupational satisfaction, suggesting cross-cultural limits on Holland's theory. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hollands Theory of Occupational Choice; India
Note: Special Issue on International Perspectives in Vocational Psychology.