Investigated the cross-cultural similarity of vocational interests among Mexican and American male law and engineering students and professionals. Results indicated that all groups were significantly different but the group centroids of Mexican and American student engineers were closer than were group centroids for American and Mexican student…

From interviews with 47 Mexican maquiladora workers, a model of voluntary turnover was created and compared with models from the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. Despite similarities, the cultural and economic environment affected the precise content of antecedents in the Mexican model. (Contains 63 references.) (SK)

Investigated cross-cultural similarity of vocational interests of students and professional engineers in United States and Mexico (total N=557). Results from Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory scales indicated similarity among all groups, but Mexican and United States professional engineers were dissimilar on several avocational interest scales.…

Analysis of Strong Interest Inventory Scores from 205 Mexican and 342 U.S. male engineering students/professionals had the following results: (1) interest structure was similar across cultures; (2) Holland's calculus assumption was supported; and (3) a circular rather than an equilateral hexagonal structure was supported. (SK)