The scales of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were correlated with the scales of the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for a sample of 192 high school girls. The two devices have small to moderate correlations that indicate self-reported abilities and competencies have some concurrent validity. (Author)

Students (N=153) were studied and it was found that low career salience was associated with a relatively high incidence of vocational indecision. Results suggest there may be two sources of vocational indecision: high career-salience students who value intrinsic rewards and low career-salience students who do not value intrinsic rewards. (Author)

Multiple discriminant analysis of husbands' and wives' (N=430) 16PF scores resulted in significant overall groups differentiation and in two significant discriminant functions labeled tender-mindedness and self-confidence. Social and Enterprising men were significantly similar to their wives on personality dimensions consistent with the defining…

Psychological cost, benefit, and profit scales, with regard to continued education, were constructed on the basis of questionnaire data from 421 high school seniors. The analyses showed a clear, positive relationship between psychological benefit-profit and level of aspiration with regard to continued education. (Author)

This article outlines some of the contributions of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development in providing a developmental perspective on career behavior. A brief overview of Erikson's theory is presented and possible contributions of the theory towards enhancing understanding of career development are noted. (Author)

Expectancy and value scores from 376 engineers were used to develop a taxonomy of nine psychological categories, these being differentially related to motivation and satisfaction. Static and longitudinal analyses over four years revealed significant relationships between age, prior category, and organizational reward practices. (Author)

Using data provided by 1,695 Australian primary and high school male students, this study examines the extent to which school grade is related to stages in vocational development. Both vocational choice attitudes (VCA) and realism of vocational choice increased with grade, but no "stages" in their development were evident. (Author)

This study sampled used 144 Black and 208 White white-collar employees. It was hypothesized that perceptions of discrimination would vary according to degree of formalization in the organization with respect to selection, advancement procedures, and race of subject. Results supported these hypotheses. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on employee absenteeism as a form of withdrawal behavior apart from turnover. Studies examining the psychometric properties of absence measures are reviewed, along with the relationship between absenteeism and personal, attitudinal, and organizational variables. (Author)

This study attempts to identify trends in vocational guidance research. These are content areas and subject populations that have received a great deal of research while other areas and subject types are in need of more emphasis. Hopefully, editors and teachers can use influence to correct this imbalance. (Author)

This study examined, for 221 black and white male and female college students, relationships between the motive to avoid success and: (a) sex and race; (b) congruency, consistency, and differentiation of occupational choice; and (c) occupational aspirations. Results showed a significant sex difference on the motive to avoid success. (Author)

This study investigated whether people engaged in high risk-taking occupations would seek or prefer highly stimulating activities of a nonvocational nature more than people engaged in low risk-taking occupations. The high risk-taking group scored significantly higher than the low risk-taking group on all five dimensions of the Zuckerman Sensation…

A longitudinal study of the maturing of 68 professional and managerial men provided adolescent and adult test, questionnaire, and interview data about their personalities and competence that were predictive of their vocational adaptation. (Author)

The researchers used experimental and control groups to compare the rankings of selected stereotypes by 67 male and 124 female college freshmen for the occupational representatives of Holland's six personality and occupational types. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the occupational themes on the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory. Male (n=199) and female (n=204) college counseling center clients were administered the SCII and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The occupational themes and related descriptors were validated in…