Occupational Aspirations and Expectations of Australian Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Patton, Wendy; Creed, Peter
Titel	Occupational Aspirations and Expectations of Australian Adolescents
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Career Development, 16 (2007) 1, S.46-59 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-4162
Schlagwörter	Vocational Maturity; Occupational Aspiration; Adolescents; Career Development; Expectation; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Career Choice; Academic Achievement; Self Esteem; Adolescent Development; High School Students; Student Surveys; Gender Differences; Student Characteristics; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsreife; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Berufsentwicklung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Ausland; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerbefragung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Australien
Abstract	Adolescents across the five years of high school (169 females and 164 males) completed a survey that identified occupational status aspirations and expectations coded into six types-- realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, or conventional--according to the RIASEC model (Holland, 1997). As the focus of the study was to explore relationships between these traditional constructs and key career development constructs, measures of career maturity, career indecision, self-esteem, career goals and school achievement were also completed. Discrepancies between occupational aspirations and expectations were reported and the relevance of including career development constructs into these investigations was validated. Occupational status aspirations were associated with school achievement, self-esteem, and career maturity. Students who reported achieving well at school, who were more career mature, who had more career knowledge and who had higher self-esteem were more likely to aspire to professional status occupations. Students who did not report high academic achievement, who had less career knowledge and who had lower self-esteem were more likely to aspire to skilled or semi-professional status occupations. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10