Holland's theory and college degreed working men and women

Benninger, William B; Walsh, W. Bruce

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(77)90054-9

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“…The six types (elaborated below) are: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. The factorial and external validity of the types and their applicability to a wide variety of occupations, races, and both sexes are well established (e.g., Lowman et al, 1985; Slaney, 1980; Ward & Walsh, 1981; Walsh et al, 1977; Yom et al, 1975). Although conceptually elegant in having only six types, each with a well-defined relationship to the other, the theory also permits individual complexity, since each individual or job may be grouped on the three most highly elevated scores on measures of Holland’s constructs (e.g., Strong Campbell, Self-Directed Search), so that rather than an unrealistically simple taxonomy, there are 720 possible three-code “types.” In this article, only the six generic types are addressed.…”

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Occupational choice as a moderator of psychotherapeutic approach.

Lowman¹

1987

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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This article examines the importance of occupational choice as a variable to guide the practice of psychotherapy. It demonstrates the potential uses of a patient's occupational choice as an unobtrusive measure of personality, defensive orientation, amenability to therapy, and responsiveness to differing types of psychotherapy. Using Holland's well-validated "occupational personality" typology, which includes six major occupational types (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional), the article reviews and extends the theory by elaborating its implications for psychotherapy.Lamenting the absence in contemporary American films of portrayals of the work role, Vincent Canby (1984) noted:[Occupations] are simply excuses that explain how characters manage to live in the fashion they do. Though most of us spend most of our waking hours at jobs, trying to get ahead in those jobs or worrying about how we may be falling behind, jobs, at least as they are seen in movies, are taken for granted, (p. 15) Similarly, psychotherapists often show little understanding of the work role in their treatment of clients. Freud acknowledged that the individual with a healthy personality was able to love and to work, but had a great deal more to say about love than about work. For many, perhaps most, Dr. Linda Richardson and an anonymous reviewer provided helpful comments on earlier versions of this article.

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Occupational choice as a moderator of psychotherapeutic approach.

Lowman¹

1987

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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“…Although most studies on congruence have used high school and college populations (and gender is often not reported), the applicability of Holland's theory to employed adults has been demonstrated in general (Gaffey & Walsh, 1974;Lacy, 1971;Walsh, Horton & Gaffey, 1977;Salomone & Slaney, 1979), and to employed women specifically (Horton & Walsh, 1976;Matthews & Walsh, 1978;Walsh, Horton & Gaffey, 1977). However, Spokane (1985) cautioned that the evidence supporting Holland's theory seemed to be based, in large measure, on correlational studies that do not allow statements of causality.…”

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Vocational and psychological characteristics of employed, non-college degreed, incongruent women

Salomone¹,

Pask-McCartney²

1990

J Career Dev

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“…Several methods have been used to investigate Holland's environment formulations. The most common method was to compare personality measurements on employed workers in occupations representing environment models (Andrews, 1973;Bates, Parker, & McCoy, 1970;Fabry, 1975Fabry, , 1976Fishburne & Walsh, 1976;Gaffey & Walsh, 1974;Harvey & Whinfield, 1973;Horton & Walsh, 197,6;Hughes, 1972;Lacey, 1971;Morrison & Arnold, 1974;O'Brien & Walsh, 1976;Osipow, 1970;Schuldt & Stahmann, 1971;Walsh, Horton, & Gaffey, 1977;Werner, 1969;Wigington & Apostal, 1973). The results of these studies have generally been in the direction hypothesized by Holland's theory.…”

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A test of Holland's environment formulations.

Rounds¹,

Shubsachs²,

Dawis³

et al. 1978

Journal of Applied Psychology

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One hundred and eighty-one occupations, for which reinforcer rating data were available, were classified into the six Holland environment models. Mean reinforcer scale scores were found to differ significantly among the six environments on 17 reinforcer scales, on 12 of which there were significant pairwise differences. Comparison of hypothesized and observed rank orderings of the six environments showed significant agreement on eight reinforcer scales. Comparison of mean score differences between alternating environments with those between opposite or adjacent environments were significantly in the hypothesized direction for three reinforcer scales. Multidimensional scaling of the six environments using correlation and

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Holland's theory and college degreed working men and women

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Occupational choice as a moderator of psychotherapeutic approach.

Occupational choice as a moderator of psychotherapeutic approach.

Vocational and psychological characteristics of employed, non-college degreed, incongruent women

A test of Holland's environment formulations.

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