Capturing the collectivist cultural dynamics of vocational identity formation in Macao: expanding the three-dimensional status model

Abstract

This research expanded the three-dimensional vocational identity status model proposed by Crocetti et al.

Vocational Identity Status in Chinese Emerging Adults with and without Hearing Impairment: Latent Profiles and Relationships with Self-Esteem and Subjective Well-Being

“…The low percentage of foreclosed students in the present sample contrasts the viewpoint that foreclosure status is common in a collectivist society [ 24 , 78 ], as individuals’ career choices are usually influenced by normative social pressures [ 16 , 24 ]. A likely inference is that young adults’ values change during cultural and social transformations.…”

“…In the Crocetti model, identity formation comprises three structural dimensions: commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment [ 22 , 23 ]. Empirical data collected based on the contemporary models captured more categories of identity statuses, in addition to the four statuses proposed by Marcia [ 24 ]. In this regard, diffused status was divided into diffused and carefree diffusion, and a new status (undifferentiated) was added based on the Luyckx model.…”

A latent profile analysis linking career learning experience profile to career decision‐making difficulties

“…With in-depth interviews, Ouyang et al (2016) found that observing and exchanging ideas with others was one of the most important paths to construct their vocational identity for college students in Macau. Based on collectivist cultural dynamics of vocational identity formation in Macau, Ouyang et al (2021) found that the social orientation in exploration, named inter-exploration, was an important subdimensions of in-depth exploration and a protective factor for uncertainty regarding emerging commitments. Therefore, new insights might be found regarding learning experience by examining the reliability and validity of the CEDLE within a Chinese sample.…”

A social cognitive perspective on occupational identity development in college students

“…Work identity, occupational identity, vocational identity, and career identity are used interchangeably (Kielhofner, 2008 ; Skorikov & Vondracek, 2011 ). Work identity is associated with a job, occupational identity is generally associated with the identity of a specific profession (e.g., Skorikov & Vondracek, 2011 ) and vocational identity can be associated with students’ vocational decisions development (e.g., Green, 2020 ; Ouyang et al, 2021 ). In this study, we decided to use occupational identity, in coherence with the nomenclature adopted by Erikson ( 1968 ).…”

“…Interestingly, most of those studies are associated with specific careers and are objects of interest of specialized journals, not in the career development field (Cake et al, 2020 ; Kirchknopf & Kögler, 2020 ). However, it is possible to identify some interest for study societies of developing economies that emphasize collective values (where the occupational identity development processes can involve diverse process or with different weights to each factor than in individualistic cultures (Ouyang et al, 2021 ). Occupational identity, in part is a response of the individual to a certain social context (Vondracek & Porfeli, 2011 ).…”