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Jacobus Gideon Maree – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2024
This article reflects on several factors that influence the art and science of career counselling in different contexts. An adapted systematic literature review was implemented to examine developments in the career counselling field and to explore innovative career counselling strategies that have universal relevance and sustainability in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Counseling, Sustainability, Educational Strategies
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Schultheiss, Anja Jo; Koekemoer, Eileen; Masenge, Andries – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2023
Understanding the qualities that are most important for employees' career success has been fundamental in advancing career literature. Researchers, employers, and employees have shown an increased interest in the dynamics and factors involved in the relationship between career commitment and subjective career success. This study examined career…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Veterinary Medicine, Allied Health Personnel, Employee Attitudes
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Watson, Mark – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
This paper explores the definition of social justice in career psychology and how this might be understood in the South African context. In particular, macro-contextual factors that define social justice issues in South African career psychology are described. The extent to which the discipline of career psychology in South Africa has addressed…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Psychology, Career Development
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Watson, Mark B.; Foxcroft, Cheryl D.; Allen, Lynda J. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2007
Holland believes that specific personality types seek out matching occupational environments and his theory codes personality and environment according to a six letter interest typology. Since 1985 there have been numerous American studies that have queried the validity of Holland's coding system. Research in South Africa is scarcer, despite…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Career Choice, Coding
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Patton, Wendy; Watson, Mark B.; Creed, Peter A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004
The present study investigates the career maturity of 1090 high school students in Years 8 to 12 in Australia (n = 656) and South Africa (n = 434). Scores on the Australian version of the "Career Development Inventory" were analysed. While a developmental explanation for career maturity was supported, gender differences between countries…
Descriptors: Career Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, High School Students
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Maree, Jacobus G.; Molepo, Jacob M. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004
With little or no effort to test underlying assumptions in the South African context, South African career counsellors have traditionally depended on "proven" assessment methods. Career counselling needs to move away from the almost sole use of psychometric tests to an approach that recognises an individual's social and historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Career Counseling, Context Effect