Vocational Preference Inventory high point codes versus expressed choices as predictors of college major and career entry.

Gade, Eldon M.; Soliah, David

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“…Considerable evidence suggests that a person's stated occupational goal is as good as or better than any other available predictor of actual vocational behavior (e.g., Borgen & Seling, 1978;Dolliver, 1969;Gade & Soliah, 1975;Slaney, 1978;Touchton & Magoon, 1977). Therefore, each participant was asked to write a one-line response to the question, What is your career goal?…”

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Conceptual systems and Holland's theory of vocational choice.

Winchell

1984

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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This study explored the possibility that conceptual systems underlie vocational interests and choices as described by Holland's typology. The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the This I Believe Test were administered to community college students in a freshman orientation course. Discriminant function analysis revealed two separate dimensions on which the conceptual system groups differed significantly. System 1 functioning was associated with high conventional and low enterprising scores. System 3 functioning was related to high enterprising and low conventional scores. System 4 functioning was related to high scores on the artistic and investigative scales and low scores on the conventional and enterprising scales. System 2 functioning was not associated distinctly with any of the VPI occupational scales. Chisquare analysis of conceptual systems and of predominant Holland types of participants' stated occupational goals significantly reflected the relationships just described. The System 4 group was also shown to have more differentiated interest patterns and to be more easily distinguishable on the basis of VPI scores than were any of the other three groups.

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Conceptual systems and Holland's theory of vocational choice.

Winchell

1984

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…These findings underscore the need to examine the structure of the current labor market as part of the career counseling process. In research with college students it has been found that expressed career choice predicts major at graduation with as much, or more, accuracy than measured interests (Dolliver, 1969;Gade & Soliah, 1975;Holland & Lutz, 1968;Whitney, 1969). Therefore, it seems reasonable to assume that if the level of aspiration for certain careers does not match the number of jobs available, all college graduates will not be able to get jobs that are congruent with their interests and abilities.…”

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Career Aspirations and Expectations of Black, Mexican American, and White Students

Arbona

Novy

1991

The Career Development Quart

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The career aspirations and expectations of Black, Mexican American, and White college freshmen were examined. In addition, students' career expectations were compared to the jobs available in the labor market. Results suggested that (a) there seem to be more gender than ethnic differences in students' career aspirations and expectations, (b) differences in the career aspirations and expectations among Mexican American and White students followed traditional gender patterns, and (c) with some exceptions, the career expectations of students resembled the distribution of jobs in the labor market.

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“…This is comparable to the results of a study by Gade and Soliah (1975) who found approximately a 50% agreement between VPI high point and expressed preference. Correct classification of expressed preference from policy models increased nearly 100% relative to the VPI.…”

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A decision theoretic approach to the study of vocational behavior: intrasubject predictions of vocational preference

Monahan

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LIST OF TABLES Organizing information using the linear model Summary of empirical research using policy models to predict vocational preference and choice Description of personality types Distribution of RIASEC types across all subjects assessed Six dimensions used to construct hypothetical vocational environments Correlations among the six environmental cues Summary of classification results-VPI-RIASEC group membership predicted from policy models Summary of classification results-VPI-RIASEC group membership predicted from rankings Summary of classification results-VPI-RIASEC group membership predicted from ratings Summary of percent of cases with matching high point codes among four measures of vocational preference Summary of classification results-Expressed preference predicted from VPI-RIASEC scale scores Summary of classification results-Expressed preference predicted from policy models Crosstabulation of expressed preference by VPI high point Crosstabulation of expressed preference by policy model high point Crosstabulation of expressed preference by ranked high point Crosstabulation of expressed preference by rated high point

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Vocational Preference Inventory high point codes versus expressed choices as predictors of college major and career entry.

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Conceptual systems and Holland's theory of vocational choice.

Conceptual systems and Holland's theory of vocational choice.

Career Aspirations and Expectations of Black, Mexican American, and White Students

A decision theoretic approach to the study of vocational behavior: intrasubject predictions of vocational preference

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