Holland's theory and non-college-degreed working black and white women |
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Authors: | W.Bruce Walsh Joan O Hildebrand Connie M Ward Dorothy F Matthews |
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Affiliation: | Ohio State University USA;Georgia State University USA;Seabrook, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | The main concern of this study was to investigate differences between black and white American women employed in traditional female occupations who took the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS). The VPI and the SDS were administered to 110 black and white non-college-degreed workers in three occupations (laboratory technicians, sales clerks, and clerk-typists) corresponding to three of Holland's environmental categories (Investigative, Enterprising, and Conventional). In general, the findings for the three VPI and SDS scales and for these six occupational groups are mixed. On the SDS scales, findings indicate that black and white women in the same occupation seem to be far more similar than different. On the scales of the VPI, however, white and black women in the same occupation seem to be more different than similar. |
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