Applying the M‐92, A Self‐Knowledge Technique for Determining Job Aspirations and Expectations

Abstract

The M-92 technique is aimed at helping teenagers become aware of: (a) the relationships between certain classic deb ts such as prestige, income, and job opportuNties and their system of job aspirations andlor c~pect;lti~n~; (b) the strong and weak points in their system of information about jobs; (c) the internal structure of their system of occupational representations; and (d) possible conflicts in values or discordancies between aspirations and expectations. From a theoretical standpoint the M-92 draws directly on Coombe (1975) and Gottfredson (1981). Methodologically, it is an extension of the Hammond et al. (1988) Social Judgement Theory to the case of pair comparisons. Several concrete examples of the M-92 in use are described..