The Development and Validation of a Holland-Type Portuguese Vocational Interest Inventory

The Structural Validity of Holland’s R-I-A-S-E-C Model of Vocational Personality Types for Young Black South African Men and Women

“…In other word [sic], the construct validity of the measures is in doubt. (Rounds & Day, 1999, p. 104) The support for the cross-cultural validity of Holland's circular order model has been mixed, with some researchers reporting support (see for instance Fouad & Dancer, 1992;Hansen, Sarma, & Collins, 1999;Harrington & O'Shea, 1980;Swanson, 1992), and others reporting limited or no support (see for instance Alves Ferreira & Hood, 1995;Feldman & Meir, 1976;Glidden-Tracey & Parraga, 1996;Haverkamp, Collins, & Hansen, 1994). One shortcoming of cross-cultural studies into the circular order model is that researchers often rely on visual inspection of R-I-A-S-E-C correlation matrices or graphical multidimensional scaling solutions to evaluate the fit between the data and the hypothesized circular order model.…”

Motivational Correlates of Portuguese High Schoolers’ Vocational Identity: Cultural Validation of the Goal Instability Scale

“…Postsecondary education consists of either university or polytechnic settings. Efforts at understanding career development and career decision making have included evaluation of determinants of occupational preferences (e.g., Mullet & Neto, 1988), examination of characteristics that affect career exploration (e.g., Taveira, Silva, Rodriguez, & Maia, 1998), development of a Portuguese vocational interest inventory (e.g., Alves Ferreira & Hood, 1995), and assessment of dimensions of career indecision (e.g., Santos, 2001;Santos & Coimbra, 2000). A large portion of these efforts has focused on adolescents because many members of this age group encounter the challenging transition from high school to postsecondary education or the workforce.…”

The Relationship between Vocational Personality Types and Vocational Values

“…The psychological distance between any two environmental or personality types is calculated according to the distance between similar and different personality types on the hexagon (see figure 1) (Gottfredson, & Richards, 1999). (Holland, 1997) When the literature on studies based on Holland"s vocational personality types are examined, there are studies testing the model in different cultures (Farth, Leong, & Law, 1998;Ferreira, & Hood, 1995), and making comparisons with different vocational interest models (Rounds, Davison, & Dawis, 1979;Tracey, & Rounds, 1993;Weinrach, 1996). In addition, there are also studies on the relationships between vocational personality types and variables such as sex (Anderson, Tracey, & Rounds, 1997;Ryan, Tracey, & Rounds, 1996) and personality traits (Larson, & Borgen, 2002;Mount et al, 2005;Tokar, & Swanson, 1995).…”

“…In addition, there are also studies on the relationships between vocational personality types and variables such as sex (Anderson, Tracey, & Rounds, 1997;Ryan, Tracey, & Rounds, 1996) and personality traits (Larson, & Borgen, 2002;Mount et al, 2005;Tokar, & Swanson, 1995). Furthermore, Holland-based scale development-adaptation studies (Atli, & Keldal, 2017;Ferreira, & Hood, 1995;Perkmen, & Tezci, 2015;Yılmaz, 2011) are frequently encountered in the literature.…”