Relationships of vocational interest congruence, differentiation, and elevation to career preparedness among university students

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Standard

Relationships of vocational interest congruence, differentiation, and elevation to career preparedness among university students. / Jaensch, Vanessa K.; Hirschi, Andreas; Spurk, Daniel.
in: Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, Jahrgang 60, Nr. 2, 01.04.2016, S. 79-89.

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Bibtex

@article{3155f916bf184a9b9312a07e791912e6,
title = "Relationships of vocational interest congruence, differentiation, and elevation to career preparedness among university students",
abstract = "Vocational interest characteristics -interest congruence, interest differentiation, and general interest level (elevation) -are useful indicators for career development. However, research on these issues has primarily focused on adolescents in the transition from school to work and analyzed a limited set of career-related correlates. This study extends this line of research by exploring the relationships of interest congruence, interest differentiation, and interest elevation with several indicators of career preparedness (i. e., career planning, occupational self-efficacy beliefs, career decidedness, and career engagement) among a sample of emerging adults during their university studies in Germany. Data from 239 students representing a wide range of majors were collected via an online questionnaire. Controlling for sociodemographic variables, multiple regression analyses revealed that differentiation was positively associated with career decidedness and career engagement and elevation was positively related to occupational self-efficacy beliefs and career engagement. We discuss the findings regarding the importance of differences in vocational interest characteristics for the career preparedness of university students.",
keywords = "Career preparedness, Secondary constructs, Vocational interests, Economics",
author = "Jaensch, {Vanessa K.} and Andreas Hirschi and Daniel Spurk",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1026/0932-4089/a000210",
language = "English",
volume = "60",
pages = "79--89",
journal = "Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie",
issn = "0932-4089",
publisher = "Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Relationships of vocational interest congruence, differentiation, and elevation to career preparedness among university students

AU - Jaensch, Vanessa K.

AU - Hirschi, Andreas

AU - Spurk, Daniel

PY - 2016/4/1

Y1 - 2016/4/1

N2 - Vocational interest characteristics -interest congruence, interest differentiation, and general interest level (elevation) -are useful indicators for career development. However, research on these issues has primarily focused on adolescents in the transition from school to work and analyzed a limited set of career-related correlates. This study extends this line of research by exploring the relationships of interest congruence, interest differentiation, and interest elevation with several indicators of career preparedness (i. e., career planning, occupational self-efficacy beliefs, career decidedness, and career engagement) among a sample of emerging adults during their university studies in Germany. Data from 239 students representing a wide range of majors were collected via an online questionnaire. Controlling for sociodemographic variables, multiple regression analyses revealed that differentiation was positively associated with career decidedness and career engagement and elevation was positively related to occupational self-efficacy beliefs and career engagement. We discuss the findings regarding the importance of differences in vocational interest characteristics for the career preparedness of university students.

AB - Vocational interest characteristics -interest congruence, interest differentiation, and general interest level (elevation) -are useful indicators for career development. However, research on these issues has primarily focused on adolescents in the transition from school to work and analyzed a limited set of career-related correlates. This study extends this line of research by exploring the relationships of interest congruence, interest differentiation, and interest elevation with several indicators of career preparedness (i. e., career planning, occupational self-efficacy beliefs, career decidedness, and career engagement) among a sample of emerging adults during their university studies in Germany. Data from 239 students representing a wide range of majors were collected via an online questionnaire. Controlling for sociodemographic variables, multiple regression analyses revealed that differentiation was positively associated with career decidedness and career engagement and elevation was positively related to occupational self-efficacy beliefs and career engagement. We discuss the findings regarding the importance of differences in vocational interest characteristics for the career preparedness of university students.

KW - Career preparedness

KW - Secondary constructs

KW - Vocational interests

KW - Economics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84966785433&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1026/0932-4089/a000210

DO - 10.1026/0932-4089/a000210

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:84966785433

VL - 60

SP - 79

EP - 89

JO - Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

JF - Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

SN - 0932-4089

IS - 2

ER -

Links

DOI