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ERIC Number: EJ517313
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
Discrepancies between Existing Jobs and Individual Interests: An Empirical Application of Holland's Model.
Downes, Meredith; Kroeck, K. Galen
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v48 n1 p107-17 Feb 1996
Data on existing positions and on career interests in those occupations were compared separately for 656 working adults and 819 high school students; the adult sample was also analyzed by gender. An overall discrepancy appeared between positions and normative interests. Some categories had a high surplus of positions and low interest in them and vice versa. The adult and high school samples differed. (SK)
Descriptors: Adults, Demand Occupations, Employment Statistics, High School Students, Labor Needs, Vocational Interests
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hollands Hexagonal Model; Person Environment Fit