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Counselors' Perceived Person-Environment Fit and Career Satisfaction
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Rehfuss, Mark C.; Gambrell, Crista E.; Meyer, Dixie – Career Development Quarterly, 2012
This correlational study examined the relationship between career satisfaction and person-organization, demands-abilities, and needs-supplies fit with counselors (N = 464) using the Perceived Job Fit instrument (Cable & DeRue, 2002) and a scale of career satisfaction adapted from the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (Super, Thompson, Lindeman,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Work Environment, Quality of Working Life, Work Attitudes
Four Paths to Spirit at Work: Journeys of Personal Meaning, Fulfillment, Well-Being, and Transcendence through Work
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Kinjerski, Val; Skrypnek, Berna J. – Career Development Quarterly, 2008
Spirit at work involves profound feelings of well-being, a belief that one's work makes a contribution, a sense of connection to others and common purpose, an awareness of a connection to something larger than self, and a sense of perfection and transcendence. This exploratory qualitative study revealed 4 paths leading to spirit at work: the…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Career Counseling, Career Development, Industrial Psychology
The Opinions of Minorities about Preparing for Work: Report of the Second NCDA National Survey.
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Brown, Duane; And Others – Career Development Quarterly, 1991
Surveyed 1,350 adults. Found that, compared to whites, Hispanics, and Asian-Pacific Islanders, African Americans more frequently reported needing assistance with career decisions, taking only job available, needing assistance in getting occupational information, wanting to see occupational information improved, perceiving job discrimination,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Planning, Minority Groups, Occupational Information
Dimensions of Adolescent Employment.
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Mael, Fred A.; Morath, Ray A.; McLellan, Jeffrey A. – Career Development Quarterly, 1997
Examines positive and negative correlates of adolescent work as a function of work dimensions. Results indicate that concurrent costs and benefits of adolescent employment may depend on dimensions of work as well as adolescent characteristics. Adolescent employment was generally related to subsequent work motivation and nonacademic performance.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employee Attitudes, Employment, Secondary Education
Perceptions of Work Environment and Implications for Women's Career Choice: A Survey of University Faculty Women.
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Christiansen, Martha D.; And Others – Career Development Quarterly, 1989
Surveyed 188 female faculty at large midwestern university regarding their perceptions of their work environment, their current mentoring activities, and their willingness to participate in resource bank for advising female students about career choice. Respondents indicated positive perceptions of their academic environment and strong interest in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Faculty, Females, Higher Education
Issues of Anger in the Workplace: Do Gender and Gender Role Matter?
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Gianakos, Irene – Career Development Quarterly, 2002
To examine the influence of gender and gender role on anger experiences in the workplace, 257 adult students completed narratives describing their anger-provoking issues and anger expression. Analyses revealed that gender did not influence the types of issues cited or workers' anger expressions. (Contains 39 references and an appendix.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Sex Differences, Sex Role
The Gendered Context of Life: Implications for Women's and Men's Career-Life Plans.
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Cook, Ellen Piel – Career Development Quarterly, 1993
Discusses recent perspectives on gender differences in life and career planning, focusing on gendered context of women's and men's lives. Notes that men and women develop different orientations regarding occupational achievement and interpersonal relationships that interact with broader sociocultural norms for sexes' behavior to produce different…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Interpersonal Relationship, Life Style, Occupational Aspiration