The Career Status of Women and Minority Persons: A 20‐Year Retrospective

Career Development Attributes and Occupational Values of Asian American and White American College Students

“…On the national level, 34% of Asian Americans taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in 1980 expressed a n intention to seek vocationalcareer counseling when enrolling in college, compared with 27% of White Americans, 24% of Black Americans, and 30% of Mexican Americans (College Entrance Examination Board, 1980). In addition, as Hoyt (1989) noted, Asian Americans constitute one of the fastest growing minority groups in this country.…”

“…More recently, Hoyt (1989) conducted a 20-year retrospective look at research on the career status of women and minorities. Once again, this review indicated that the career development of Asian Americans has not received much attention.…”

“…Once again, this review indicated that the career development of Asian Americans has not received much attention. Hoyt (1989) observed that "in spite of the huge influx of AsianfPacific Islanders in recent years, not a single article was found reporting on career development for this important minority population" (p. 210).…”

Racial/Ethnic Minority Vocational Research: A Content and Trend Analysis Across 36 Years

“…Specifically, Hoyt (1989) reviewed articles published in CDQ from 1968 to 1986 and reported that only 2% (n = 22) of the articles pertained to the career development of Blacks, whereas less than 1% (n = 5) focused on all other REM groups combined. Compared with Yungman's (1972) earlier content analysis of the first 16 volumes of the same journal, Hoyt's content analysis found that there was a significant increase in the number of articles on Blacks but no change in the number of articles on other REMs.…”

“…An analysis of articles provides a meaningful way to examine the state of affairs of a journal or field (Buboltz, Miller, & Williams, 1999;Hill, Nutt, & Jackson, 1994) and is useful for understanding the development of a research area. In the past, content analysis studies have examined trends of career development research in The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ) and the Journal of Vocational Behavior (JVB; Buboltz, Ebberwein, Watkins, & Savickas, 1995), REM research in counseling (Carter, AkinsulureSmith, Smailes, & Clauss, 1998;Perez, Constantine, & Gerard, 2000;Ponterotto, 1988), and career development research with REMs (Byars & McCubbin, 2001;Hoyt, 1989;Koegel, Donin, Ponterotto, & Spitz, 1995). Each of these studies analyzed published articles in professional journals, and the findings provided opportunities for the profession to reflect on the current or past "states of the field" and to consider areas of potential development.…”