EXAMINATION OF SITUATIONAL AND ATTITUDINAL MODERATORS OF THE HESITATION AND PERFORMANCE RELATION

The hesitation dimension of action-state orientation refers to the behavioral capacity to start action on tasks. In this study, job characteristics (autonomy and routineness) and job attitudes (satisfaction and involvement) were examined as moderators of the relation between hesitation and supervisor ratings of work behaviors (overall job performance and self-management performance) in 2 different samples. In both samples, routineness moderated the hesitation and self-management performance relation such that individuals low in hesitation performed better than individuals high in hesitation when routineness was low, but no differences in performance were observed when routineness was high. In addition, job satisfaction and job involvement were significant moderators of the relation between hesitation and self-management performance, with individuals low in hesitation performing better than individuals high in hesitation when satisfaction or involvement was low, but no differences in performance were observed when satisfaction or involvement was high.     

Behavior Analytic Contributions to the Study of Creativity

As researchers continue to study creativity, a behavior analytic perspective may provide new vistas by offering an additional perspective. Contemporary behavior analysis began with B. F. Skinner and offers a selectionist approach to the scientific investigation of creativity. Behavior analysis contributes to the study of creativity by investigating the controlling variables for novel behavior that people often times designate as creative. Specific environment‐behavior relations producing novelty include imitation, instructions, variability, interconnection of repertoires and contingency adduction.     

Relationship of High School Seniors' Religious Perceptions and Behavior to Educational,Career, and Leisure Variables

This study used data from a national sample of U.S. high school seniors to investigate the relationship of religious perceptions and behavior to several school, career, and leisure variables. Seniors positive perceptions of religion and frequent attendance at religious services were related to positive parental involvement, positive school attitudes and behaviors, and infrequent problem behaviors. Parental involvement mediated the effects of religious perceptions and behavior on adolescents' academic attitudes and drug use. However, a large portion of the effects of religious perceptions and behavior was independent of parental involvement. Implications for counselors and educators are provided.     

Employers' Opinions on the Attitudes and Skills of High School Graduates

A survey of employers demonstrated that positive attitudes and basic skills developed in high school were more important for recently graduated new employees than was training in specific skills.     

The College Placement Office and Small Business: Building A Linkage

College placement counselors face a tight employment market for their graduates when considering the reduced hiring taking place at most major corporations. The results of this study indicate that small businesses offer new job opportunities for graduates if colleges create good relationships with them.     

Ordinary Explanations and Career Theories

The author highlights the relatively unexplored relationship between ordinary language explanations of career behavior and formal theories of career development. As in Gergen and Gergen's (1982) framework, several ordinary explanations of career behavior are classified along two dimensions—the extent to which explanations are founded in the person or the situation and the extent to which they account for predictability and control or chance and change. The value of the framework for both theory development and practice is outlined. The use of ordinary explanations addresses a number of issues faced by counselors as they move between their clients' explanations and formal career and counseling theories.     

Assessment and Development of Rehabilitation Plans for Counselors Who Have Sexually Exploited Their Clients

Counselors who have sexually exploited clients require rehabilitation if they are to return to practice. The authors present a model, derived from their clinical experience with more than 1,000 cases, for the assessment and development of rehabilitation plans for impaired practitioners who have sexual contact with their clients. They present a classification system for the perpetrator, an assessment process that leads to the development of a rehabilitation plan, and a method for deciding if rehabilitation has been successful.     

The Counselor as Prophet: Frank Parsons, 1854–1908

This article summarizes the life and work of the political and economic reformer, Frank Parsons. The author gives special attention to his founding, shortly before he died, of the Vocation Bureau, often described as the origin of professional counseling in the United States. Through his work, he offered a challenging example for counselors today as both a social crusader and a pioneer in the systematic guidance of youth.     

Quality of life and evaluation of functions among people with severely impaired mobility and non-disabled controls

Thirty-six disabled people with severely impaired mobility and 36 non-handicapped matched control subjects were studied with respect to their self-reported quality of life (OOL) and the ranking of 30 functions. No difference concerning QOL was found between the two groups. Correlations between QOL and six different groups of functions were very low in both groups, indicating a mechanism of adapting to a loss of functions. Comparison between the evaluations of the different functions in two groups showed that social abilities were more important to the group with severely impaired mobility, while "motor functions" were more important to the non-handicapped control subjects.     

Career lndecision and Family Enmeshment

In this study the relationship between career indecision and family-of-origin enmeshment is examined. Six hundred and four undergraduate and graduate students (classes randomly selected) were administered the Career Decision Scale and two scales (Intergenerational Individuation and Triangulation) from the Personal Authority in the Family System Questionnaire. A simultaneous multiple regression analysis on the indecision scale, using four predictor variables, yielded three significant variables (age, graduate/undergraduate status, and individuation) that accounted for 11% of the variance. Graduate students were more decided than undergraduate students and those who were more decisive tended to be older and more individuated.