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ERIC Number: EJ577691
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
Personality-Career Fit and Freshman Medical Career Aspirations: A Test of Holland's Theory.
Antony, James Soto
Research in Higher Education, v39 n6 p679-98 Dec 1998
Using Holland's personality theory of occupational decision making, a study examined the influence of personality/career fit on initial medical career aspirations of college freshmen, and the extent to which the fit is associated with maintaining or abandoning these aspirations. Overall, results support the theory and illustrate how personality characteristics are systematically associated with changes in career choice during college. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Medicine, Personality Theories, Personality Traits
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hollands Theory of Occupational Choice