Browsing Wei-Cheng J. Mau by Subject "Vocational guidance"
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Assessing the cognitive complexity of vocational value constructs using the career grid: A comparison of the expressed and supplied methods
(SAGE Publications, 1997-01)Examines the cognitive complexity of vocational value constructs. Use of a revised career grid in the study; Person construct theory as the origin of the career grid; Steps in the administration of the career grid procedure; ... -
Characteristics of female students who aspire to science and engineering or homemaking occupations
(Wiley Blackwell, 1995-06)This study identified predictors that discriminated between nontraditional and traditional career aspirations in a sample composed of 930 eighth?grade female students (52 Asian Americans, 123 Hispanics, 61 African Americans, ... -
Effects of career interventions on vocational cognitive complexity
(SAGE Publications, 1997-06)The article reports on the effects of career interventions on vocational cognitive complexity. Career development can be viewed as an ongoing restructuring of vocational schemas, proceeding from a state of undifferentiation ... -
Effects of computer-assisted instruction in using formal decision-making strategies to choose a college major
(American Psychological Association, 1992-04)Compared the effects of using formal decision-making strategies on the quality of students' decisions about choice of a college major. The interaction of students' decision-making characteristics, stage, and style on ... -
Extending Holland's hexagon: Procedures, counseling applications, and research
(Wiley Blackwell, 1993-03)Since its introduction nearly 25 years ago, Holland's (1985) hexagon has remained in skeletal form. The hexagon is used to depict similarities and differences among occupations-but only six general types of occupations. ... -
Factors that influence persistence in science and engineering career aspirations
(American Counseling Association, 2003-03)The author investigated students' persistence regarding career aspirations in science and engineering (SE) professional careers as a function of race and sex. In a nationally representative sample of 8th graders, persistent ... -
Job search methods, job search outcomes, and job satisfaction of college graduates: A comparison of race and sex
(Wiley Blackwell, 2001)A nationally representative sample of college graduates (N=11,152) were surveyed regarding their job-seeking behaviors and outcomes. Race and sex differences among the job search strategies used, number of job interviews, ...