Predicting the Career Choice Attitudes of Rural Black, White, and Native American High School Students

Lee, Courtland C.

doi:10.1002/j.2164-585x.1984.tb01577.x

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“…For example, Dillard and Campbell (1982) asked white, black, and Hispanic members of intact families in a large urban area to indicate their preferred career choice and to complete an index of work values. Their results indicated no significant differences in the level of career aspirations between black, white, and Hispanic women, although the median for black women was higher than the median for the other two groups, Other research has discussed a variety of findings in terms of the aspiration levels of black women (Chester, 1983;Gibbs, 1985;Grevious, 1985;Gurin & Gaylord, 1976;Lee, 1984;Turner & McCaffrey, 1974). But, regardless of the level of career aspirations, the actual career attainment levels between black and white women appear to be quite similar.…”

Section: Career Aspirationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Murrell

Frieze

Frost

1991

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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In an examination of career aspirations, 101 black and 530 white college women were asked to indicate their occupational and educational plans, important considerations for career choices, and their attitudes toward combining the roles of career and family. Results indicated that women who planned careers in male‐dominated occupations had higher career and educational aspirations than women who desired careers in femaledominated occupations. Black women who planned careers in male‐dominated professions showed high levels of aspirations, planned more education than was necessary for the desired occupations, and perceived less conflict in combining the roles of career and family than their white counterparts. There were few differences between black and white women in their attitudes toward the traditional roles of men and women. Those choosing female‐dominated careers, however, had more traditional attitudes regardless of race. Implications of these findings for the influence of occupational gender dominance on career aspirations are discussed.

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Section: Career Aspirationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Murrell

Frieze

Frost

1991

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…This variable consisted of the discrepancy between participants' occupational aspirations and their actual expectations for the future (Lee, 1984). Occupational aspiration was defined as the response to the open-ended question, "If you were completely free to choose any job, what job would you like most as a lifetime job?"…”

Section: The Aspiration-expectation Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mentor Relationships And The Career Development Of Pregnant And Parenting African-American Teenagers

Klaw

Rhodes

1995

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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The influence of natural mentor relationships on the career outlook of African‐American pregnant and parenting teenagers was examined. More than half of the participants nominated adults they considered to be mentors. A path model indicated that mentor support was associated with increased life optimism, beyond its indirect effects on career activities and beliefs about the opportunity structure. These findings suggest that natural mentors are an important resource in the career developmnent of pregnant and parenting African‐American adolescents.

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“…Familiarity with the school structure and syllabus facilitates parents' ability to help and guide their children. In addition, research findings indicate that African-American parental influence has a greater impact on career choice than any other factor (Lee, 1984;Perry & Locke, 1985). The study therefore looked at family experiences with foreign languages.…”

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“…Studies have found that families exert the strongest influence on adolescent children's career development (Ford, 1993;Lee, 1984 therefore, was that if parents and/or siblings, had studied a foreign language that they may encourage other family members to study a foreign language, or at least may not discourage them from so doing. Responses to questions 12, 13, and 14 (see Table 2), indicated that although over half of siblings or parents for both groups had studied a foreign language at high school level, that fact did not seem to influence the students to undertake foreign language as a major area of study at the college level.…”

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African-American Students' Opinions About Foreign Language Study: An Exploratory Study of Low Enrollments at the College Level

Moore

2005

Foreign Language Annals

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Persistent low numbers of African Americans in the foreign language teacher certification program at the University of Texas at Austin motivated the study reported here. Two groups of students responded to a questionnaire that sought information on foreign language experience at elementary and high school, as well as family experiences in foreign languages. Findings revealed that whereas very few students had the opportunity to study a foreign language at the elementary level, all were exposed to at least a two‐year compulsory program at high school. These experiences were not motivating enough to encourage college‐level continuation, nor were family experiences. Students' language preferences did not support previous findings that low enrollment figures resulted from language offerings that lacked ethnic and cultural appeal. Rather, the study found that there appeared to be little effort made to encourage African‐American high school and college students to consider teaching career paths. Students recommended more aggressive dissemination of information to African‐American students at the college level about the advantages on pursuing foreign language study. They overwhelmingly suggested including a foreign language requirement in all discipline areas.

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Predicting the Career Choice Attitudes of Rural Black, White, and Native American High School Students

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Aspiring to Careers in Male-and Female-Dominated Professions: A Study of Black and White College Women

Mentor Relationships And The Career Development Of Pregnant And Parenting African-American Teenagers

African-American Students' Opinions About Foreign Language Study: An Exploratory Study of Low Enrollments at the College Level

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