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Considering vocational interests in adverse impact: a meta-analysis of race, cognitive ability, and vocational interests
… the current research proposes to incorporate vocational interests into the study of adverse impact, to help explain how people end up applying for jobs in the first place. In order to understand how vocational interests influence adverse impact, it is necessary to determine if Blacks and …
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VOCATIONAL INTERESTS: CONSTRUCT VALIDITY AND MEASUREMENT
… addressed several questions relevant to vocational interests and personality characteristics, examining (a) the roles of personality, vocational interests, and sexual fantasies in defining a general factor of Masculinity/Femininity (M/F) (Study 1), (b) the validity of a new measure of …
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The within-person variability of vocational interests
Much of what is known about the stability of Vocational interests is from a between-person perspective (e.g., rank-order stability). This dissertation investigates the within-person variability of vocational interests. Three studies employ experience sampling methods to assess the daily …
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The vocational interests of Namibian grade 10 learners
Subsequently the interest patterns based on the vocational interests of 2045 Namibian grade 10 learners were investigated. For this part of the study comparisons were made and differences highlighted on grounds of gender, geographical setting, and academic performance. Clear differences in interest …
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The language of vocational interests on social media
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Assessing Vocational Interests: Convergence and Divergence of Inventories and Informants
… evaluated the agreement among assessments of vocational interests. Study 1 evaluated the agreement among four interest inventories designed to assess John Holland's (1997) RIASEC vocational types (Strong Interest Inventory, SII; Self-Directed Search, SDS; O*Net Interest Profiler, IP; and …
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The power of vocational interests and interest congruence in predicting career success
… examined the incremental validity of vocational interests beyond cognitive ability and personality for predicting academic achievement and career success. Analysis of a national longitudinal survey, Project TALENT (Wise, McLaughlin, & Steel, 1979), showed that interests were the most …
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Gender Differences in Vocational Interests: A Large, National Study and Comparison to U.S. Occupations
… comprehensive analysis of gender differences in vocational interests and compares these differences to the gendering of the workforce. Using a large and diverse sample of the U.S population (N = 1,283,110), we calculated the size of gender differences across all thirty basic interests and compare …
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Patterns of Mean -Level Changes in Vocational Interests: A Quantitative Review of Longitudinal Studies
… determine the patterns of mean-level change in vocational interests from early adolescence (age 12) to the end of emerging adulthood (age 24.9). Results showed that vocational interests show a clear pattern of normative change. Across gender, Investigative, Artistic, Social and Enterprising …
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Curricular Program Effects on Vocational Interests and Academic Ability Over a Four Year Period
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Some Structural Dimensions of Career-Related Environmental Concerns and Their Relationship to Vocational Interests
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Personality patterns and vocational interests of learning disabled and nonlearning disabled high school students
… evaluate personality configuration patterns and vocational interests through the administration of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Abbreviated Version (AV) and the Self-Directed Search, Form E (EASY) for learning disabled (LD) and non-learning disabled (NLD) students. The sample included 90 LD …
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Major life goals of college students: An investigation of personality traits, vocational interests, and values
Life goals, values, vocational interests, and personality traits are important factors that influence career and everyday life decision-making. This dissertation presents a framework for how personality traits, interests, and values relate to life goals. There were two studies conducted using …
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Gender Differences in the Vocational Interests of Youth Considering High Job Growth and Green Energy Occupations
<p>For more than 100 years, vocational psychologists and educational researchers have sought to identify the significant influences shaping occupational interests. This descriptive study used a series of vocational card sort exercises with 139 rural high school youth to identify gender differences …
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Structural Equivalence of Vocational Interests Across Culture and Gender: Differential Item Functioning in the Strong Interest Inventory
The present study evaluated the structural equivalence of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII: Harmon et al., 1994) across Icelandic and US cultures and across gender within culture. Gender differences in structure were also compared across countries. Methods developed within the framework of item …
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Sex role identity and vocational interests of enrollees in traditional and nontraditional displaced homemaker programs in Virginia
… describe and compare the sex role identical and vocational interests of enrollees in traditional and nontraditional displaced homemaker proqrams. The second purpose was to deteraine if sex ro1e identity and vocational interests changed from the beginning to the end of the program cycle. The …
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Relationships among vocational interests, gender, previous experience with computers, computer self-efficacy, and math anxiety in predicting computer anxiety
… computer anxiety and the following variables: vocational personality type, gender, previous experience with computers, computer self-efficacy, and math anxiety. The Computer Anxiety Scale (COMPAS, Oetting, 1983) was used to assess computer anxiety. Vocational interests were measured by the …
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A comparative study of vocational interests of boys and girls enrolled in vocational agriculture at Arkansas City and Central of Burden high schools in 1973-1974
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