Individualism-collectivism Links To Occupational Plans And Work Values
acculturation; americans; attitudes; career; career decision making; career-development; choice; culture; ethnic-minorities; identity; individualism-collectivism; multicultural career assessment; occupational plans; personality; Psychology; Psychology; vocational behavior; work values
Individualism-collectivism (IC) constitutes a cultural variable thought to influence a wide variety of variables including career planning and decision making. To examine this possibility, college students (216 women, 106 men, 64% racial-ethnic minorities) responded to measures of IC, occupational plans, and work values. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) results indicated significant main effects for gender and race. Men, more so than women, endorsed vertical individualism (VI)-a cultural pattern characterized by independence and dominance- and intrinsic work values. African Americans expressed more fit of their occupational plans with personal goals and endorsed extrinsic work values more than did European Americans. A hypothesized inverse relationship between collectivism and consistency of occupational plans with personal goals was not supported. Hypothesized positive relationships between collectivism and work values stressing relationship and interdependence were supported, whereas expected inverse relationships between collectivism and work values emphasizing independence and personal gain were not supported. Findings are discussed in terms of acculturation issues, career assessment implications, and future research directions.
Hartung P J; Fouad N A; Leong F T L; Hardin E E
Journal of Career Assessment
2010
2010-02
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072709340526" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1177/1069072709340526</a>
Reason, Intuition, And Social Justice: Elaborating On Parsons's Career Decision-making Model
behavior; choice; intervention; opportunities; Psychology; work
Nearly a century ago, Frank Parsons established the Vocation Bureau in Boston and spawned the development of the counseling profession. Elaborating on Parsons's socially responsible vision for counseling, the authors examine contemporary perspectives on career decision making that include both rational and alternative models and propose that these models be integrated. Returning to counseling's roots in early 20th century social and political reformation movements could ultimately lead the profession to a renewed vision that comprehends career decision making and counseling as a socially situated process entailing purposeful reasoning, prudent intuition, and sustained efforts at ameliorating social injustice.
Hartung P J; Blustein D L
Journal of Counseling and Development
2002
2002
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00164.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00164.x</a>
Personality patterns of physicians in person-oriented and technique-oriented specialties
students; personality; Psychology; physicians; school; 5-factor model; traits; choice; Big-Five Factors; Career specialty choice; female; medical specialty; multipotentiality; myers-briggs type; psychological characteristics
This study investigated differences in personality patterns between person-oriented and technique-oriented physicians. It tested an integrative framework by converting the scores on the Personality Research Form (PRF) to the Big-Five factors and built a predictive model of group membership in clinical specialty area. PRF scores from 238 physicians (153 person-oriented and 85 technique-oriented) were used for this retrospective study. Significant personality differences between group means existed for seven of the traits on the PRF and two Big-Five factors. Results of a stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that two PRF traits and one Big-Five factor had the greatest ability to discriminate between person-oriented and technique-oriented physicians. Findings of this study provide support for establishing personality profiles of physicians interested in person-oriented versus technique-oriented specialties. Examining personality differences among male and female physicians is discussed as an area for future research. (c) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Borges N J; Gibson D D
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2005
2005-08
Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2003.12.015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2003.12.015</a>
DIMENSIONS OF CAREER DECIDEDNESS
anxiety; choice; college-students; Psychology; scale; vocational indecision
In two separate studies that factor analyzed nine measures of career decidedness taken by college freshmen, a single factor empirically defined choice status.
Savickas M L; Carden A D; Toman S; Jarjoura D
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
1992
1992-10
Journal Article
n/a
Personality and values as predictors of medical specialty choice
career; Career decision making; Career specialty; choice; job-satisfaction; Medical career development; motivation; personality; physicians; Psychology; students; traits; vocational interests; Work values; Work values
Research rarely considers the combined influence of personality traits and values in predicting behavioral outcomes. We aimed to advance a germinal line of inquiry that addresses this gap by separately and simultaneously examining personality traits and physician work values to predict medical specialty choice. First-year medical students (125 women and 119 men) responded to measures of personality and physician work values. After graduation, participants' residency choices were identified. Results indicated that personality traits predict person- or technique-oriented medical specialty choice. Physician work values, whether used alone or in tandem with personality traits, however, did not significantly predict specialty choice. Implications for practice and research are discussed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Taber B J; Hartung P J; Borges N J
Journal of Vocational Behavior
2011
2011-04
Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.006" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.006</a>
The career development inventory in review: Psychometric and research findings
choice; guidance; identity; model; Psychology; Self-Directed Search; students; validity; vocational maturity; work
First published over 15 years ago, the Career Development Inventory (CDI; Super, Thompson, Lindeman, Jordaan, & Myers, 1979) measures readiness for making educational and vocational choices and operationally defines Super's structural model of adolescent career maturity. The present article systematically analyzes the body of literature that has evaluated and explicated the psychometric characteristics and uses of the CDI. This review examines empirical findings pertinent to the reliability, factor structure, and validity of the CDI; evaluates the instrument's present status; and identifies topics for future research.
Savickas M L; Hartung P J
Journal of Career Assessment
1996
1996
Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/106907279600400204" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1177/106907279600400204</a>
THE CAREER DECISION SCALE AS A TYPE INDICATOR
choice; cluster-analysis; Psychology; students; time perspective; vocational indecision
Savickas M L; Jarjoura D
Journal of Counseling Psychology
1991
1991-01
Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.38.1.85" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1037/0022-0167.38.1.85</a>