Vocational Interests and Job Choices Following an Acquired Disability: Results and Implications of an Idiographic Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Athanasou
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Personal Injury ◽  
Work Injury ◽  
Vocational Interest ◽  
Acquired Disability ◽  
Occupational Choices ◽  
Vocational Assessment ◽  
Vocational Counselling

This idiographic study explored the value of six vocational interest types (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional) for guiding a person's occupational choices. To that end, five rehabilitation clients who attended for vocational assessment following a personal injury (e.g., motor vehicle or general accident or work injury) reported on their vocational interests. Participants indicated their preferences (like or dislike) for 77 occupations. Altogether, they made from 5 to 27 choices. A profiling procedure indicated that clients reported more occupational dislikes rather than likes. Of the vocational interest types the choices in realistic, investigative, artistic and enterprising domains were endorsed more than those in social or conventional domains. It was not clear that the six vocational interest types determined occupational choice following an injury. Instead, occupational dislikes may provide more useful data for vocational counselling.

scholarly journals Income Taxes, Compensating Differentials, and Occupational Choice: How Taxes Distort the Wage-Amenity Decision

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Powell ◽  
Hui Shan
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Compensating Differentials ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Occupational Choices ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Welfare Impacts ◽  
Percent Increase

The link between taxes and occupational choices is central for understanding the welfare impacts of income taxes. Just as taxes distort the labor-leisure decision, they may also distort the wage-amenity decision. Yet, there have been few studies on the full response along this margin. When tax rates increase, workers favor jobs with lower wages and more amenities. We introduce a two-step methodology which uses compensating differentials to characterize the tax elasticity of occupational choice. We estimate a significant compensated elasticity of 0.03, implying that a 10 percent increase in the net-of-tax rate causes workers to change to a 0.3 percent higher wage job. (JEL H24, H31, J22, J24, J31)

Profiling Religious Fundamentalism’s Associations With Vocational Interests

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig A. Warlick ◽  
Paul B. Ingram ◽  
Karen D. Multon ◽  
M. Alexandra Vuyk
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Work Function ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
Career Interests ◽  
Vocational Interest ◽  
The World ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship

Religion is a shaping force in the world today, increasingly expressed and integral to the flow and function of the workplace. The relationship between religious identity and work function is clearly present. However, no lines of research have explored how religion explains the variations in vocational interest, despite speculation that it does so. Fundamentalist beliefs provide an opportunity to examine how career interests are related to personal values. This study examined the relationship between fundamentalism and the Artistic and Investigative Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional types, types speculated to be most dissimilar to fundamentalism, by testing the incremental importance of religious fundamentalism beyond personality traits in the shaping of vocational interests. Results suggest that, even after controlling for variation attributed to personality, religious fundamentalism is negatively related to Artistic interests yet has no relationship to Investigative interests. Issues of diversity and implications for career counselors are discussed.

scholarly journals Psychometric Characteristics of a Public-Domain Self-Report Measure of Vocational Interests: The Oregon Vocational Interest Scales

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Pozzebon ◽  
Beth A. Visser ◽  
Michael C. Ashton ◽  
Kibeom Lee ◽  
Lewis R. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Vocational Interest ◽  
Report Measure

scholarly journals Construction of Vocational Interests Scale for Young Chinese

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Li ◽  
Chu Xu ◽  
Changjin Li ◽  
Houcan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Vocational Interest ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Chinese Populations ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Holland's RIASEC vocational interest typology may not be fully applicable to Chinese populations, and adapting models from Western cultures directly may fail to address important constructs specifically tied to the Chinese cultural background. This study made an exploration into Chinese college students’ vocational interests and built a new self-report vocational interests scale based on Chinese university student samples. In study 1, researchers constructed a self-report vocational interests inventory developed from an item pool based on open-ended questionnaires and previous scales. Nine dimensions were identified through exploratory factor analysis: Artistic, Biotic, Conventional, Expressive, Investigative, Operational, Social, Enterprising, and Adventurous. In study 2, confirmatory factor analysis was employed to test its construct validity, and the indexes indicated good fit. Empirical evidence proved adequate homogeneity reliability and test–retest reliability, as well as sufficient concurrent validity with the Self-Directed Search. Thus, evidence lent support for the psychometrical properties of this scale. This exploratory research may expand our view of cross-cultural, vocational interest theories.

The Vocational Interests of Drug-Dependent Patients

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 959-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Taylor ◽  
Donald R. Bidus ◽  
Hardin A. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Vocational Interest ◽  
Standard Score ◽  
Male Veterans ◽  
People Orientation ◽  
Drug Dependent ◽  
Over Time

To investigate the Strong Vocational Interest Blank profiles of a group of drug abusers participating in a voluntary VA Drug Abuse Program profiles were obtained for 65 male veterans ranging in age from 18 to 44 yr. Mean scores are reported for the Basic Interest Scales, the Occupational Scales, and the Non-occupational Scales. The responses by the patients did not yield significant numbers of high or low scores. Among the Occupational Scales there was not a single mean standard score in the “A” range. The profiles were basically bland but suggested a people orientation with manipulative aspirations. An interpretation of the high and low scores is discussed. It appeared that the profiles were relatively stable and were not likely to change substantially over time.

An Analysis of Responses on the Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
James A. Athanasou
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Capacity Assessment ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Acquired Disability ◽  
Vocational Assessment ◽  
Earning Capacity ◽  
Adjustment Issues ◽  
Underlying Dimension

The Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2 assesses the factors that inhibit and facilitate an individual's return to work following an acquired disability (e.g., accident, misadventure). The purpose of this article is to provide the first item response analysis of the form. Data on Australian and US accident victims (N = 110) from two vocational assessment practices were used as a basis for evaluation. An item-response analysis was conducted using the Quest package for the 14 category responses. Results indicated that (a) the items function as inhibitors rather than drivers; and (b) they form a coherent underlying dimension of impairment. Problems in cognition and vocational adjustment issues were major markers for work incapacity.

scholarly journals Sistem Pakar dalam Mengidentifikasi Minat Vokasi Menggunakan Metode Certainty Factor dan Forward Chaining

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurniawan Jefdy ◽  
Sarjon Defit ◽  
Yuhandri Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Test Data ◽  
System Application ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Certainty Factor ◽  
Continuing Higher Education ◽  
Vocational Interest

Developing an expert system application in providing an overview of the interests of students to help decision making interests in the vocational field so that they are right on target in choosing a major. In this study, using the Certainty Factor method and the Fordward Chaining method where this expert system can help experts identify vocational interests based on the characteristics of vocational interest in students. The personality types used to determine the type of vocational interest are Tangible, Thinking, Flexible, and Entrepreneur. The results of system calculations with expert decisions are worth 80% of the 4 test data, so a good level of accuracy is obtained. The resulting expert system can help students quickly provide an overview of vocational interest in making department decisions in continuing higher education, can carry out online consultations, document files, and can be used as a consultation portal for students.

International Use of the AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Mohammed I. Ranavaya ◽  
Christopher R. Brigham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
Personal Injury ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Fourth Edition

Abstract Since its inception more than six decades ago, the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, (AMA Guides), has become internationally accepted as a global benchmark and is used in the United States, Canada, certain European countries, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and Southern Africa, as well as by the United Nations. When the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, adopted the terminology and conceptual framework of disablement developed by the World Health Organization, this paradigm shift let to an increase in the worldwide influence and use of the AMA Guides. In the United States, the AMA Guides is used primarily in state and federal workers’ compensation systems and sometimes in automobile casualty and personal injury arenas. Most workers’ compensation jurisdictions across Canada use the AMA Guides formally by statute or regulation, or they accept its use informally as a standard tool to rate impairment. In Australia, the AMA Guides is used in both federal and individual state or territory compensation schemes for personal injuries that arise from work, as well as motor vehicle accidents (a table presents uses of the AMA Guides in Australian jurisdictions). New Zealand uses the AMA Guides, Fourth Edition, and the ACC User Handbook to the AMA “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,” Fourth Edition. The AMA Guides is used in Hong Kong to evaluate all types of damages for personal injury claims and also is referenced in Southern Africa, Europe, and countries in the Middle East.

Gender Differences in Undergraduate Holland Personality Types: Vocational and Cocurricular Implications

NASPA Journal ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Murray ◽  
Page M. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Career Services ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Social ◽  
Campus Activities ◽  
Practical Implications

Patterns of interest among male and female undergraduate students were compared, using two instruments based on Holland's (1997) theory of occupational choice. One of these instruments assessed vocational interests while the other assessed cocurricular interests. Males were found to score higher than females on the realistic scale of the vocational instrument, while females were found to score higher than males on the social and enterprising scales of the same inventory. On the cocurricular inventory, males obtained higher realistic and investigative scores than did females, while females obtained higher artistic and social scores than did males. No significant differences were found on the remaining scales of either instrument. In this article, the authors discuss the practical implications of the findings, with reference to career services and campus activities, and offer recommendations for further research.

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