The role of chance events in the school-to-work transition: The influence of demographic, personality and career development variables
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in: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Jahrgang 77, Nr. 1, 01.08.2010, S. 39-49.
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T1 - The role of chance events in the school-to-work transition
T2 - The influence of demographic, personality and career development variables
AU - Hirschi, Andreas
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - Chance events are considered important in career development, yet little empirical research is available on their predictors and consequences. The present study investigated socio-demographic (gender, nationality, school-type), personality (openness, locus of control) and career development variables (career decidedness, career planning) in relation to perceived chance events with a retrospective (N=229, eleventh grade), and 1-year longitudinal prospective study (N=245, eighth/ninth grade) among Swiss adolescents. The results showed that the majority of both groups reported a significant influence of chance events on their transition from compulsory school to vocational education or high school. Importance of chance events related to socio-demographics and personality but not career preparation. Career preparation and chance events predicted subjective career success in terms of wish correspondence and overall satisfaction with transition outcome among the younger cohort. Implications include the necessity to integrate both thorough career preparation and chance events in theory and counseling practice. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - Chance events are considered important in career development, yet little empirical research is available on their predictors and consequences. The present study investigated socio-demographic (gender, nationality, school-type), personality (openness, locus of control) and career development variables (career decidedness, career planning) in relation to perceived chance events with a retrospective (N=229, eleventh grade), and 1-year longitudinal prospective study (N=245, eighth/ninth grade) among Swiss adolescents. The results showed that the majority of both groups reported a significant influence of chance events on their transition from compulsory school to vocational education or high school. Importance of chance events related to socio-demographics and personality but not career preparation. Career preparation and chance events predicted subjective career success in terms of wish correspondence and overall satisfaction with transition outcome among the younger cohort. Implications include the necessity to integrate both thorough career preparation and chance events in theory and counseling practice. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KW - Business psychology
KW - Career development
KW - Career preparation
KW - Career success
KW - Chance events
KW - Personality
KW - School-to-work transition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.02.002
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 77
SP - 39
EP - 49
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
SN - 0001-8791
IS - 1
ER -