Crystallizing enterprising interests among adolescents through a career development program: The role of personality and family background |
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Authors: | Elke Schröder Eva Schmitt-Rodermund |
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Institution: | University of Jena, Developmental Psychology, Am Steiger 3/Haus 1, 07743 Jena, Germany |
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Abstract: | This study evaluated the effectiveness of a new career development program designed to help adolescents explore their interest in enterprise as a career option. Using a person-oriented approach, pre- and post-test measurements of enterprising interests in an intervention (n = 321) and a control group (n = 302) of adolescents aged 16.5 years on average were compared. As predicted, the frequency of five different patterns of enterprising interest development (stable high, stable low, decreaser, increaser, middle) differed between the two groups, with increasers and decreasers more prevalent in the intervention group. Furthermore, a discriminant function analysis revealed that adolescents in the stable high and increaser groups showed the most entrepreneurial personality profile (e.g., low risk avoidance, high social dominance). Moreover, increasers often had a non-entrepreneurial family background. Results suggest that the new program is a useful tool in supporting adolescents’ exploration of enterprise as future career option. |
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Keywords: | Enterprising interests Career development program Program evaluation Personality Family background Adolescence Patterns of enterprising interest development Career exploration Holland&rsquo s E-type |
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