Reliability and Validity of the Career Influence Inventory: A Pilot Study

Fisher, Teresa A.; Stafford, Mary E.

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“…Consequently, it is not surprising that they should be prominent in their reckoning about careers. Fisher and Stafford (1999) point out that the direct influence of friends and peers on career development is not well documented. The results of this study indicate that components of the immediate social context, especially parents, have a major perceived impact on students' career decision-making.…”

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The Role of Social Context and Serendipitous Events in Career Decision Making

Bright

Pryor

Wilkenfeld

et al. 2005

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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The role of contextual and unplanned factors on career decision-making was explored. Six hundred and fifty one university students at all levels were surveyed to collect data on career intentions, current enrolments, perceptions of influence of family, friends, teachers and the media, the role of serendipitous events and the education and current work of their family members. Results indicated that students perceived family and teachers to be significant influences on their career decisions. Furthermore, distal influences such as the media and web-based information were also significant. Students' current course enrolments and career intentions were significantly more likely to be in interest categories congruent with their father's job. Unplanned and serendipitous events were very commonly perceived to influence career decisions. The results are interpreted as providing support for an open systems theory of career decision-making. Practical counselling and future research implications are discussed.Re´sume´. Le rô le du contexte social et des e´ve´nements accidentels dans la prise de de´cision vocationnelle. On explore le roˆle des facteurs contextuels et inattendus dans la prise de de´cision vocationnelle. On a examine´651 e´tudiants universitaires appartenant a`tous les niveaux d'e´tudes pour rassembler des donne´es sur les intentions professionnelles, les choix d'inscription actuels, les perceptions de l'influence de la famille, des amis, des professeurs et des me´dias, le roˆle des e´ve´nements accidentels ainsi que le niveau d'e´tudes et professionnel des membres de leur famille. Les re´sultats montrent que les e´tudiants perc¸oivent la famille et les professeurs comme des sources d'influence significatives de leurs de´cisions vocationnelles. En outre, les influences distales comme celles e´manant des me´dias et de l'information recueillie sur la toile sont e´galement significatives. Les inscriptions aux cours et les intentions vocationnelles actuelles tendent a`tomber dans des cate´gories d'inte´reˆt qui correspondent au travail du pe`re. Les e´tudiants perc¸oivent divers e´ve´nements non planifie´s et accidentels comme influenc¸ant leurs de´cisions vocationnelles. Les re´sultats sont interpre´te´s comme venant a`l'appui d'une the´orie de syste`mes ouverts de prise de de´cision vocationnelle. Les implications de cette e´tude pour la consultation clinique et la recherche future sont examine´es.Zusammenfassung. Die Bedeutung des sozialen Umfelds und glu¨cklicher Umsta¨nde bei Berufsentscheidungen. Die Bedeutung von Einflu¨ssen aus dem Umfeld und von ungeplanten Faktoren auf Berufsentscheidungen wurde untersucht. 651 Universita¨tsstudenten aus allen Bereichen wurden befragt, um Daten u¨ber berufliche Pla¨ne, derzeitige Immatrikulationen, Wahrnehmungen der Einflu¨sse von Familie, Freunden, Lehrern und der Medien, aber auch u¨ber die Bedeutung von glu¨cklichen Umsta¨nden, dem Bildungsstand der der derzeitigen Berufsta¨tigkeit ihrer Familienmitglieder zu erheben. Die Ergebnisse belegen, dass die Studenten in ihr...

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The Role of Social Context and Serendipitous Events in Career Decision Making

Bright

Pryor

Wilkenfeld

et al. 2005

Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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“…The 7-item Parental Influence Subscale from the Career Influence Inventory (Fisher & Stafford, 1999), which was designed for use with high school students, was used to measure parental support. A sample item was ''My parents make me feel that I can succeed in school.''…”

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The Adolescent–Parent Career Congruence Scale

Sawitri

Creed

Zimmer‐Gembeck

2012

Journal of Career Assessment

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Although there is a growing interest in the discrepancy between parents and their adolescent children in relation to career expectations, there is no existing, psychometrically sound scale that directly measures adolescent–parent career congruence or incongruence. This study reports the development and initial validation of the Adolescent–Parent Career Congruence Scale. Phase 1 utilized a review of literature, focus groups, and expert feedback to formulate 20 items. In Phase 2, with a sample of 550 students, item and exploratory factor analyses were employed to reduce the number of items to 12, which represented two reliable subscales. In Phase 3, with a second sample of 512 students, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to test the initial structure. In Phase 4, the construct validity was examined by correlating the total and subscale scores with measures of parental support, living-up-to parental expectations, and life satisfaction. The implications for use in research and practice are discussed.

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“…A thorough review of the literature, to our best knowledge, confi rmed that little or no data exist on the factors that have infl uenced the career planning and development of university students in Jordan. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to provide evidence of the construct validity for the 'Career Infl uence Inventory' developed by Fisher and Stafford (1999). Another primary pur pose was to examine the factors that have infl uenced the career planning of university students.…”

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Factors Influencing the Career Planning and Development of University Students in Jordan

Khasawneh

2010

Australian Journal of Career Development

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The purpose of this study was to translate and validate an Arabic version of the career influence inventory for use in Jordan. The study also investigated perceptions of university students of the influential factors that have influenced their career planning and development. The validated career influence inventory was administered to 558 undergraduate students. Principle axis factoring with oblique rotation was used to uncover the underlying structure of the Arabic version of the career influence inventory. Results showed a latent factor structure highly consistent with the English version. Results also indicated that students' career planning was highly influenced by parents, teachers, friends, high school academic experience and self-efficacy, respectively. Ethnic-gender expectations and negative social events were perceived by students as having low levels of influence on their career planning. A number of recommendations are also offered for the field of career planning and development.

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Reliability and Validity of the Career Influence Inventory: A Pilot Study

Cited by 35 publications

References 26 publications

The Role of Social Context and Serendipitous Events in Career Decision Making

The Role of Social Context and Serendipitous Events in Career Decision Making

The Adolescent–Parent Career Congruence Scale

Factors Influencing the Career Planning and Development of University Students in Jordan

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