Assessing and Treating Barriers to Decision Making in Career Classes

McAuliffe, Garrett J.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.1991.tb00315.x

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“…This suggestion is in keeping with previous proposals advocating assessment prior to career interventions (McAuliffe, 1991;Miller, 1993;Schumrum & Hartman, 1988;Vondracek et al, 1990). …”

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confidence: 84%

“…Interventions at both individual and group levels have been found to have a positive effect "-on career development (Barnes & Herr, 1998;Fretz, 1981;Fukuyama et al, 1988;McAuliffe, 1991;Oliver & Spokane, 1988;Rayman et al, 1983;Spokane & Oliver, 1983). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the United States of America it has been a common practice for several years to provide career assistance to college students through credit courses (McAuliffe, 1991). In career classes large numbers of students are taught decision-making skills, and assisted in gaining accurate information regarding themselves and the world of work (McAuliffe, 1991). Within the South African context, Beertall (1997) stated that effective career development programmes should be compulsory in the university curriculum, and that all first-entry students should have career counselling before commencing their academic year.…”

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“…According to Fretz (1981) and McAuliffe (1991) there is evidence that group career treatments generally produce better treatment outcomes than individual career counselling. A study by Oliver and Spokane (1988) revealed that class interventions were the most effective of those investigated, but required the greatest number of intervention hours.…”

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Career Indecision Amongst Prospective University Students

Gordon

Meyer

2002

South African Journal of Psychology

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Counselling of the University of Stellenbosch for guidance in selecting an occupation or university course, suggest that there is a high level of career indecision amongst such individuals. With the purpose of addressing career indecision, the present study examined the nature thereof amongst prospective university students. The prevalence of specific aspects of career maturity (namely, self-information, decision-making, career information, integration of self-information and career information, and career planning) underlying career indecision were investigated, as well as the correlations between these aspects. In addition, the correlations between the aspects of career maturity and certain biographical variables such as gender, home language, declared career choice, differentiation of interests, and self-reported level of career indecision were examined.Eighty-four prospective students, who presented for career counselling at the Centre for Student Counselling of the University of Stellenbosch, served as subjects in the study.The subjects completed the Career Development Questionnaire (CDQ), the Meyer Interest Questionnaire (MB-10) and a biographical questionnaire compiled by the researcher. The results of the study indicated that a substantial number of prospective university students experience career indecision. There were statistically significant correlations (p<0,01) between the 5 scales of the CDQ. In addition, there were statistically significant correlations (p<0,01) between the 5 scales of the CDQ, and self-reported level of career indecision. There were no clinically significant correlations between gender and home language, and any other variable measured. An attempt was made to address career indecision amongst the population group by making certain recommendations regarding the content and process of career counselling for prospective university students.

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“…This suggestion is in keeping with previous proposals advocating assessment prior to career interventions (McAuliffe, 1991;Miller, 1993;Schumrum & Hartman, 1988;Vondracek et al, 1990). …”

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confidence: 84%

Section: Career Counselling Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Meyer

2002

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…The Program succeeds for several reasons, many of them similar to those summarized in McAuliffe (1991). First, it creates a framework where &dquo;it pays&dquo; to explore Jewish education careers, e.g.…”

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A Case Study of a Recruitment Program for "Minority" Students: Israel Interns for Jewish Education

Resnick

1998

Journal of Career Development

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Annual Review: Practice and Research in Career Counseling and Development, 1991

Jepsen

1992

The Career Development Quart

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The purpose of this review was to integrate information from selected journal articles, book chapters, and a few books published in 1991 about careers. More than 140 entries were selected from more than 400 identified and were organized under three broad categories: ( a ) understanding careers, ( b ) t h e context of careers, and (c) career interventions. Each category was subdivided into thematic sections containing several entries on the same topic. The material, both from individual entries and integrated themes, was interpreted as lessons for the professional development of counselors, program planners, and researchers.At a recent presentation I attended, the speaker introduced her topic by describing a puzzling experience from her clinical internship. When a consulting strategy seemed somewhat arbitrary she inquired about the rationale. Her supervisor said he believed it was appropriate based on research summarized in a literature review. She checked and found not one, but several respected reviews drew conclusions supporting her supervisor's belief. Further digging revealed that apparently only two studies had ever addressed the problem directly, but their findings had been cited over and over again. The skeptical intern carried out her own research and David A.

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Assessing and Treating Barriers to Decision Making in Career Classes

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Career Indecision Amongst Prospective University Students

Career Indecision Amongst Prospective University Students

A Case Study of a Recruitment Program for "Minority" Students: Israel Interns for Jewish Education

Annual Review: Practice and Research in Career Counseling and Development, 1991

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