Extends Iachan's congruence index (1984) to cover situations when ties occur in three-letter codes (as used in Holland's vocational theory) and when only two top letters are recorded and/or used. Suggests methodologies for breaking ties and for measuring agreement between two-letter codes and includes computer algorithm for computing the index.…

To investigate the establishment and maintenance of employee-organization fit, a recent study tracked the early careers of 171 entry-level auditors in 8 large U.S. public accounting firms and assessed the congruence of their values with organizational values. Recruits whose values match the firm's adjust more quickly and experience greater job…

Customer service representatives (n=90) completed the Position Classification Inventory (PCI), Self-Directed Search, and a cognitive ability test. PCI was similar to the Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes in predicting performance. Cognitive ability was not significantly correlated with performance. Person/environment fit was supported as a…

Two Holland-style congruence indices computed for 16 occupational samples did not show significant correlations between job satisfaction and congruence for 12 samples and very small relationships for the other 4. Using congruence measures to predict job satisfaction may be more efficacious for workers entering new fields than for the more…

A new generation of leaders is needed not only to build local partnerships in today's communities, but to assume all positions of leadership. Undergraduate students within a College of Agricultural Sciences at a large land grant university were given the Socially Responsible Leadership Scale (SLRS) to determine their self-perception of leadership…

This study examined Holland's theoretical proposition, that personality-work environment congruence influences career stability and change, with a sample of 212 career changers (respondents who expressed an intent to change career and had engaged in preliminary career change activity) and 249 career persisters (respondents who indicated an intent…

Young children's naive beliefs about physics are commonly studied as isolated pieces of knowledge. The current paper takes a different approach. It asks whether preschoolers interlink individual beliefs into larger configurations or Gestalts. Such Gestalts bring together knowledge such as how an object's mass relates to its sinking speed, how an…

Communication is a dynamic process, an experiment in living where man, as a social animal, endeavors to satisfy his needs and monitor relationships. In so doing, he uses a structured combination of symbols, both verbal and non-verbal, to foster the mutual understanding of messages. However, self-concept and the sum of life experiences mitigate…

Studied factors contributing to consensus, or the level of agreement about life, between older adults (N=275) and the sibling with whom they had most contact. Found greater consensus when there were fewer expectations of the sibling, similarity of educational backgrounds, and when the respondent was a male and his sibling was female. (Author/NB)

Investigated antecedents of marital infidelity for individuals (N=59) involved with coworkers or others. Data suggested that persons involved with coworkers had more satisfying marriages and scored higher on the Compatibility Index than those involved with others. The number of liaisons was not correlated with age or age at marriage. (JAC)

Surveyed 21 family members of schizophrenic patients to examine the importance of congruence between their attitudes about schizophrenia and the professional's attitude. Results confirmed that families would be more satisfied working with professionals with similar attitudes. (JAC)

Indices of relative and absolute congruence are discussed, with particular emphasis on the applicability of the simple percentage of agreement. (Author/BW)

Presents primary source documentation highlighting the similarities between Alfred Adler's social interest construct and the counselor-oriented core conditions of Carl Rogers. Implications of the similarities are discussed. (Author)

Presents discussion of Holland's concept of congruence intended to complement discussion in special issue on the topic ("Journal of Vocational Behavior," No. 31, 1987). First part is devoted to problems associated with definition and measurement of congruence; second part focuses on role of congruence as a predictor of vocational…

To test model of general managerial effectiveness, superiors (N=271), subordinates (N=605), and peers (N=469) rated 344 managers. Study designed to test three specific hypotheses on criterion type and criterion weights found consensus in effectiveness models of superiors, subordinates, and peers. Consensus among different raters was high on both…