Affiliation:
1. Metropolitan State College
2. Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationship among life-history experiences, sex-role orientation, self-esteem, and females' vocational preferences according to Holland's typology. The sample consisted of 296 undergraduate female college students. Data were gathered from the Strong Interest Inventory (SII; Hansen & Campbell, 1985), the Biographical Questionnaire (BQ; Owens, 1971), the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1981), and the Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI; Coopersmith, 1987). Multiple discriminant analyses revealed that 77.2% of the variance in RIASEC group membership could be explained by the discriminating variables. Life-history information was more predictive of vocational interests than either sex-role orientation or self-esteem. The results were discussed in the context of previous research on predicting the vocational interests of females.
Subject
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,General Psychology,Applied Psychology
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