Concurrent validation of Holland's hexagonal model with occupational workers

The concurrent validity of Holland's hexagonal model was tested with a sample of 362 occupational workers covering five environmental typologies. The personality type of each worker was assessed via the Self-Directed Search while the worker's environment was coded via the Occupations Finder. The results showed strong empirical support for the model in that most subjects were working in environments congruent with their personality types. However there was a lack of empirical support for the proposed relatedness among the environments in the model with regard to person-environment congruence.