An examination of gender imbalance in Scottish adolescents' vocational interests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 This paper documents Scottish adolescents' vocational interest types. Our research is based on the responses of 1,306 pupils from 18 secondary schools to an empirically verified online interest inventory test. Our results are threefold.
Laurence Lasselle +5 more
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Regional gray matter correlates of vocational interests [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2012 Background Previous studies have identified brain areas related to cognitive abilities and personality, respectively. In this exploratory study, we extend the application of modern neuroimaging techniques to another area of individual differences ...
Schroeder David H +2 more
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Being Smart Is Not Enough: Personality Traits and Vocational Interests Incrementally Predict Intention, Status and Success of Leaders and Entrepreneurs Beyond Cognitive Ability [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Three separate studies demonstrate that socio-emotional skills add incremental validity beyond cognitive ability when predicting leadership and entrepreneurship intention, emergence as well as success.
Sabine Bergner
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General or Vocational Education? The Role of Vocational Interests in Educational Decisions at the End of Compulsory School in Switzerland. [PDF]
Vocat Learn, 2021 Many educational systems are characterized by segregation between a general and vocational educational track. When adolescents must decide on their postcompulsory education at the end of lower secondary school, the different programs are typically ...
Jüttler A +3 more
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Vocational Interests and Teaching Preferences: Who Prefers Which Teaching Topic in the Nature–Human–Society Subject? [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2023 This study focuses on the vocational interests of trainee teachers for kindergarten and primary school, investigating whether the RIASEC-interest dimensions are related to teaching preferences in the Swiss subject of Nature–Human–Society, which is ...
Angelika Pahl, Reinhard Tschiesner
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Age and gender differences in Brazilian adolescents’ vocational interests [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThis study examines age and gender differences in a large cross-sectional sample of Brazilian middle and high school students (Total N = 234.857) who were administered 18REST-2, a brief RIASEC measure used in large-scale educational monitoring ...
Filip De Fruyt +12 more
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Simulation of vocational activities: experimental evidence of (no) changes in vocational interests
Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020 Many school-age pupils are undecided about their future vocation. This often stems from a lack of occupational information or lack of vocationally related experience.
Marcel Martončik +4 more
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Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance, 2020 Iceland ranks highly on international indices of gender equality, but the labor market is among the most gender segregated in the world. Gender differences in vocational interests play an important role in explaining these disparities, as interests are ...
Sif Einarsdóttir, James Rounds
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Construction of Vocational Interests Scale for Young Chinese
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2018 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
Jian Li +3 more
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Development of Vocational Interests in Adulthood
Vocational Interests in the Workplace, 2019 This chapter reviews the extant literature on adult interest development and take the discussion one step further by framing it in the context of a transactional perspective on person-environment fit. It discusses two theoretical perspectives that may shed light on the issue of adult interest development.
B. Wille, F. Fruyt
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