Summarizes results of meta-analysis on findings of 41 different studies, yielding 77 correlation coefficients between measures of personality-environment congruence and well-being. Demonstrates congruence-achievement and congruence-stability correlations of .06 and .15 respectively, and a mean congruence-satisfaction correlation of .21, and after…

Emphasizes that environments are a function of the people behaving in them. Reviews a new conceptualization of organizational functioning based on the attraction-selection-attrition framework. Describes the implications of this framework for various areas of study in industrial/organizational psychology and vocational behavior. (Author/KS)

Compared personnel managers' (N=51) perceptions of requisite skills for successful employment and the actual competence of entry level workers. Results indicated a significant discrepancy between needed skills and the competence that secondary school graduates bring to the work place. Speaking and listening were rated most important. (JAC)

Examines correlational studies which consistently show significant, positive relationships between congruence and academic performance and persistence, job satisfaction, stability of choice, perceived congruence, and personality, but nonsignificant relationships between congruence and self-concept or sociability. More complex research designs…

Proposes a measure to evaluate the agreement between Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) and occupational preference with students (N=42) seeking vocational guidance. Results showed that the proposed index of agreement is applicable to the SDS and to any situation where ranked (ordinal) data is partially recorded. (LLL)

Examined the relationship between the congruency of person and environment, and satisfaction with college in 150 students who completed the College and Unviersity Environment Scale, Personality Research Form, and College Student Satisfaction Questionniare. Results showed environment had a stronger relationship than person-environment congruency.…

Examined parents' and teachers' views of each others' competency through a Parent and Teacher Attitude Questionnaire completed by mothers (N=150), fathers (N=114), and teachers (N=127) of children in grades kindergarten through five. Results confirmed parent and teacher differences--each viewed their own group as more competent. (BH)

Conducted a content analysis of research articles (N=80) published in professional journals to assess the reliance on one family member for data to be generalized to the conjugal or family unit. Results showed that over time (1965-1978) there has been a continued reliance on individual family members for data. (JAC)

Collected data concerning perceptions and expectations of services by rehabilitation counselors (N=7) and 12 of their severely disabled clients. Results showed differences between counselors and clients regarding (a) counselor's role in vocational aspects; (b) control over decision making for rehabilitation services; and (c) counselor perceptions…

This booklet outlines a specific set of strategies that campuses with negative Greek behavioral issues can use to close the gap between what fraternities and sororities espouse and what their chapters do. Specifically, six recommendations are proposed that are designed to eliminate negative collegiate fraternity and sorority behaviors involving…

Study of degree of congruence of expectations between teacher and student'' in process oriented vs. content oriented social studies programs; congruity was greater in the latter type of program, but participant satisfaction greater in the former, thus leading to a rethinking of the congruence-satisfaction relationship. (Author/SP)

Studied participants identified as either people- oriented or task-oriented given group vocational counseling using a learning through interaction method, or a learning through individual problem solving method. Results show counseling approaches that were congruent with personality types were more effective in terms of amount of information…

Instructors were taught that pupil ability was either extrinsic or intrinsic, and were led to believe one pupil possessed high ability and one low ability. Instructors adopted teaching strategies based on the theory of ability they had been taught. Pupils behaved in ways which confirmed teacher expectations. (Author/DB)

In a study of undergraduates with procrastination problems, clients in the congruence conditions showed greater expectation and tendency toward change than those in the discrepancy conditions. A stronger effect, however, was due to the interpretations alone, which substantially changed clients' beliefs about the cause and controllability of their…

Used scores from 86 elementary school students referred for learning disabilities to compare four methods of determining a severe discrepancy between ability and achievement. Found high degree of agreement between z-score and estimated true score difference approaches. Less agreement was found between unadjusted regression procedure and other…