Vocational maturity: The effects of school, grade, curriculum and sex

Career Maturity of Australian and South African High School Students: Developmental and Contextual Explanations

“…A number of researchers have found such relationships (Herr & Enderlein, 1976;Neice & Bradley, 1979;PostKammer, 1987; Thompson & Lindeman, 1981;Wallace-Broscious, Serafica & Osipow, 1994). This developmental increase across age has also been reported with non-American samples, for example in Israel (Fouad, 1988), Australia (Lokan, 1984;Patton & Creed, 2001), Canada (Alvi & Khan, 1983), South Africa (Watson & van Aarde, 1986), Nigeria (Achebe, 1982), and Lebanon (Moracco, 1976).…”

Career Development Over the High School Years

“…Two longitudinal studies of career-related attitudes have been reported recently. Crites (1975) found changes across grades 7 through 12 and Herr and Enderlein (1976) report similar results across grades 9 through 12. In a cross-sectional study of various knowledge components of career development, Westbrook and Parry-Hill (1973) found increases for each grade across grades 6 to 9.…”

Effects of Academic Ability and Gender on Career Development

“…Fox and Richmond (1979) observed that the career achievements of gdted girls are not commensurate with their talents. Yet research indicates that guls generally score above boys in career maturity (Herr & Enderlein, 1976;Lunneborg, 1978). There also are data indicating that career development patterns of gifted females are changmg; they are entering traditional male majors in increasing numbers (Wilson, 1982).…”