The Strategy of Occupational Choice: Recruitment to Dentistry

Social‐Personal Characteristics and Occupational Choice Processes of Female Flight Attendants

“…Additionally, a large number of studies have no explicit theoretical orientations but focus on certain social and cultural factors that influence occupational choice [8; 12; 13; 19].The writings of such sociologists as Katz and Martin [7] and Caplow [3] suggest an adherence to the adventitious approach in which occupational decision making is viewed primarily as accidental, spontaneous, and greatly influenced by situational factors. The purposive approach has such proponents as Ginzberg [5], Super [18], Blau and others [1], Holland [6], and Sherlock and Cohen [14]. These scholars contend that occupational choice essentially represents a compromise H.…”