How RIASEC Personality Traits Crystallizes Occupational Preferences among Adolescents: Match or Mismatch
Current Study investigated how RIASEC personality traits impact the crystallization of occupational preferences among young adolescents via theoretical lens of vocational choice theory. A sample of 1147 students ranging from 13 to 21 years was used to test RIASEC model. Results using Holland’s RI...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johar Education Society
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://jespk.net/publications/4371.pdf |
| Summary: | Current Study investigated how RIASEC personality traits impact the crystallization of
occupational preferences among young adolescents via theoretical lens of vocational
choice theory. A sample of 1147 students ranging from 13 to 21 years was used to test
RIASEC model. Results using Holland’s RIASEC Scale test (1997) depicted a significant
impact of RIASEC personality traits in occupational preferences. Gender appeared to be
a strong determinant in variation pattern of vocational choice. Understanding these
patterns can help students, parents, policy makers and academic institutions in helping
young adolescents in making better career choices and in turn will direct human resource
to most optimal productive path in an economy. |
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| ISSN: | 1997-8553 1997-8553 |