Evaluation of the hexagonal and spherical model of vocational interests in the young people in Serbia and Bulgaria

Hedrih, Vladimir; Stošić, Marina; Simić, Ivana; Ilieva, Snežana

doi:10.2298/psi1602199h

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“…The PGI has been used increasingly for assessing the structure of vocational interests in many countries and has shown a strong stability across various socio-cultural contexts (e.g., Darcy, 2005;Etzel, Nagy, & Tracey, 2015;Šverko, 2008). For example, recently, Hedrih, Stošić, Simić, & Ilieva (2016) examined the fit of the hexagonal and the spherical models of the PGI to Serbian and Bulgarian data. According to their findings, the models fit the data of both countries well, supporting the internationalization of the PGI.…”

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Vocational interests and career indecision in Switzerland and Burkina Faso: Cross-cultural similarities and differences

Atitsogbe

Moumoula

Rochat

et al. 2018

Journal of Vocational Behavior

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The contribution of Kokou A. Atitsogbe was supported by a Swiss Government Excellence Ph.D. Scholarship, which he was awarded by the Swiss Government. The contribution of Jérôme Rossier was made partly within the framework of the National Centre of Competence in Research-LIVES financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no 51NF40-160590) and partly within the framework of a project about normal and dysfunctional personality characteristics supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no 100014_156540). We thank Terence Tracey for his statistical support and comments on earlier versions of this manuscript.

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Vocational interests and career indecision in Switzerland and Burkina Faso: Cross-cultural similarities and differences

Atitsogbe

Moumoula

Rochat

et al. 2018

Journal of Vocational Behavior

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“…Research studies conducted in the region of South-East Europe (Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria) so far have confirmed both the validity of the hexagonal and the spherical models and that their structures are almost identical, especially between Serbia and Croatia (Hedrih 2008;Hedrih, Stošić, Simić, & Ilieva 2016;Šverko 2008b). On the other hand, review of the literature yielded no data on the functioning of these theoretical models in the Republic of Macedonia, or of Macedonian versions of these instruments, so the results of this study would be of particular use to practitioners and researchers working in Macedonia in the areas that include assessment of vocational interests and career counselling in general.…”

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Structure of Vocational Interests in Macedonia and Croatia – Evaluation of the Spehrical Model

2018

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The goal of the current paper was to explore the construct validity of the spherical and the hexagonal models of vocational interests by exploring the extent to which these models fit the data obtained on samples of Macedonian and Croatian university students. Croatian and Macedonian versions of the Personal Globe Inventory (PGI) were administered to a sample of 1367 student of various faculties in Croatia and Macedonia (737 participants from the Republic of Macedonia and 630 from Croatia). Results showed that the spherical and hexagonal models fit the data better than chance, and that these models explain substantial proportions of variance of vocational interest measures. Exploration of the factor structure of the obtained measures of vocational interest on the studied samples showed that the obtained structure generally corresponds to theoretical propositions. The obtained dimensions correspond to the latent space defined by Prediger’s dimensions and the dimensions of Prestige of the spherical model.

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“…However, several studies suggested that Holland's hexagonal model does not replicate well across cultures (e.g., du Toit & De Bruin, 2002; suggesting that indigenous interest structures should be considered (Einarsdottir, Eyjolfsdottir, & Rounds, 2013). A more recently developed spherical model of interests and its measurement instrument called the Personal Globe Inventory (PGI; Tracey, 2002) seem to replicate quite well across cultures and were validated in various socio-cultural contexts, such as in Japan, Serbia, or Bulgaria (Hedrih, Stošić, Simić, & Ilieva, 2016;Long, Watanabe, & Tracey, 2006). A study having investigated the measurement equivalence of the PGI across Switzerland and Burkina Faso has shown that the PGI did reach configural and metric equivalence but not scalar equivalence, suggesting that culture specific norms should be considered (Atitsogbe et al, submitted).…”

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Testing and Assessment in an International Context: Cross- and Multi-cultural Issues

Rossier¹,

Duarte²

2019

International Handbook of Career Guidance

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Globalisation, increase of migration flows, and the concurrent worldwide competitiveness impose rethinking of testing and assessment procedures and practices in an international and multicultural context. This chapter reviews the methodological and practical implications for psychological assessment in the field of career guidance. The methodological implications are numerous and several aspects have to be considered, such as cross-cultural equivalence or construct, method, and item bias. Moreover, the construct of culture by itself is difficult to define and difficult to measure. In order to provide non-discriminatory assessment, counsellors should develop their clinical cross-cultural competencies, develop more specific intervention strategies, and respect cultural differences. Several suggestions are given concerning translation and adaptation of psychological instruments, developing culture specific measures, and the use of these instruments. More research in this field should use mixed methods, multi-centric designs, and consider emic and etic psychological variables. A multidisciplinary approach might also allow identifying culture specific and ecological meaningful constructs. Non-discriminatory assessment implies considering the influence and interaction of personal characteristics and environmental factors.Testing and assessment in an international context 3 Testing and Assessment in an International Context: Cross-and Multi-Cultural Issues Globalisation, increase of migration flows, and the concurrent worldwide competitiveness impose a shift on intercultural research, towards an integrative background to both common and regional competencies to achieve added value and usefulness of testing and assessment techniques. Whenever a test is translated and adapted for use in another language or culture, it is mandatory to know that the process begins always with evaluation: the first issue concerns the conceptual definition and the context of its operationalisation, which means the identification of the relevant contents of cultural knowledge. In this case, the ingredients of knowledge mean the understanding of how culture is expressed through beliefs and values, behavioural expressions, symbols and habits, but also mean a balance between cognitive knowledge and attributes of good judgement to deal with the culture or sub-culture variables. The close connection between these two aspects can lead to a deep awareness of construct validation research within each population for which translation or adaptation occurs.As Hambleton (2005) pointed out, a distinction has to be made between test adaptation and test translation. In his view, the term "adaptation" is broader and more reflective of what should happen in practice when preparing a test that is constructed in one language and culture for use in a second language and culture. Test adaptation includes all the steps involved in developing a measure to assess a specific construct in a different language and culture, taking into account the specificities of that l...

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Evaluation of the hexagonal and spherical model of vocational interests in the young people in Serbia and Bulgaria

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Vocational interests and career indecision in Switzerland and Burkina Faso: Cross-cultural similarities and differences

Vocational interests and career indecision in Switzerland and Burkina Faso: Cross-cultural similarities and differences

Structure of Vocational Interests in Macedonia and Croatia – Evaluation of the Spehrical Model

Testing and Assessment in an International Context: Cross- and Multi-cultural Issues

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