Ville Puonti, Asko Tolvanen, Johanna Rantanen, Noona Kiuru
{"title":"Predicting (Dis)satisfaction in Adolescents’ Educational Choices—Investigating Profiles in Work Values Across the Transition to Secondary Education","authors":"Ville Puonti, Asko Tolvanen, Johanna Rantanen, Noona Kiuru","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12374","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We examined the work value profiles of Finnish ninth graders (<i>n</i> = 884, 56% girls) in terms of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Social, Status, Autonomy, and Stimulation values. Furthermore, we examined profile differences in levels of (a) career decision-making self-efficacy, (b) task values related to career planning, and (c) engagement with upper secondary education (i.e., satisfaction with educational choice, dropout intentions). Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) identified three profiles—Ambitious (∼24%), Meaning-seeking (∼56%), and Compensation-oriented (∼18%)—which were replicable and stable from Grade 9 Fall to Spring. Membership in the Compensation-oriented group was associated with the lowest levels of career decision-making self-efficacy, task values related to career planning, satisfaction with posttransition educational choice, and the highest levels of secondary school dropout intentions. In contrast, membership in the Ambitious group was associated with the highest levels of career decision-making self-efficacy, highest task values related to career planning, and highest satisfaction with posttransition educational choice.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 2","pages":"105-118"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catarina Luzia de Carvalho, Célia Sampaio, Maria do Céu Taveira, Ana Daniela Silva
{"title":"The Qualitative Outcomes of a Group Career Intervention for Unemployed Individuals: One-Year Follow-Up Interview","authors":"Catarina Luzia de Carvalho, Célia Sampaio, Maria do Céu Taveira, Ana Daniela Silva","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12373","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study explores the long-term outcomes of the Employability and Career Self-Management group career intervention for unemployed adults based on social cognitive career theory. The intervention aimed to increase employability and career self-management resources through modules focusing on self-awareness, contextual exploration, and career action plans. Twenty-two participants, randomly selected from a total sample of 143, aged 25–64 years, were interviewed 1-year postintervention using a semi-structured format to assess perceived change and impact. Thematic analysis identified four deductive themes (employability dimensions) and two inductive themes (critical ingredients and recommendations). Participants perceived improved awareness of their career goals, work experiences, and networks, linking them to developments in their human capital, social capital, career identity, and environmental monitoring. Critical to the perceived success of the intervention were individualized feedback, reliable labor market information, psycho-educational activities, and social support. The study highlights the impact of the intervention on participants’ employability and career self-management.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 2","pages":"92-104"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Career Decision-Making Interventions: Effects of Career Courses and Group Counseling on High School Students","authors":"Hang Zeng, Congfen Ma","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12371","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Career decision-making significantly impacts high school students' academic and career trajectories. Although career interventions are recognized as important, gaps persist, particularly in programs targeting Chinese high school students and the inconsistent findings on gender differences. This study evaluated the effects of career courses and group counseling on Chinese high school students. Study 1 assessed the impact of a career course on 308 first-year high school students. The course increased self-efficacy but did not reduce career decision-making difficulties. Notably, gender differences were observed: male students reported increased difficulties, while female students showed a decreasing trend. Study 2 combined a career course with group counseling. The combined intervention significantly reduced career decision-making difficulties, with no gender differences. These findings suggest that career courses boost self-efficacy but adding group counseling helps address career decision-making difficulties. Our study also highlights the need for gender-responsive strategies.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 1","pages":"68-78"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating the Future: Factors Influencing Adolescents' Career Expectation Uncertainty in a Dynamic World","authors":"Luyang Guo","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12372","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In an era of rapid economic, technological, and social change, young people face increased challenges in making informed career decisions. This study, grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and Career Construction Theory (CCT), examines the personal and environmental factors influencing career expectation uncertainty among 15-year-olds across 78 educational systems. Results of multilevel logistic models revealed that approximately 20% of adolescents, particularly young men and those in advanced economies, experienced more uncertainty about their career expectations. Notably, the search for meaning in life appeared crucial in forming clearer career goals, especially among young women in affluent countries. Additionally, self-efficacy and parental support enhanced clarity in young men's career choices, while teacher support was crucial for adolescents’ career decision-making in developing economies. These insights underscore the need for targeted support tailored to diverse socioeconomic contexts to promote clearer career trajectories for adolescents globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 1","pages":"2-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cdq.12372","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric D. Deemer, Heming Li, Diana L. Mathis, Amy C. Barr
{"title":"What if I fail? Examining the association between avoidance motivation and research career intentions","authors":"Eric D. Deemer, Heming Li, Diana L. Mathis, Amy C. Barr","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12370","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigated how avoidance motivation, which entails a fear of failure and focus on avoiding negative outcomes, influences adolescents’ aspirations toward scientific research careers. Participants consisted of 245 high school students participating in a summer science enrichment program. Results of a hierarchical regression analysis indicated that failure avoidance relative to the conduct of scientific tasks was a significant negative predictor of research career intentions after controlling for academic ability, cognitive capacity to regulate general interest, and online versus in-person programming implemented before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of post hoc probing also revealed a significant interaction between failure avoidance and inconsistency of interest whereby participants with low inconsistency of interest and high failure avoidance reported the lowest level of research career intentions. Our findings aim to inform strategies to support sustained engagement and motivation among prospective science undergraduates, contributing to the broader discourse on science career development.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 2","pages":"80-91"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cdq.12370","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadica Atanasova, Marianne van Woerkom, Andromachi Spanouli, Jolanda Botke, Eeske van Roekel
{"title":"The Effects of a Happiness Strengths Intervention on Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy among Career Starters","authors":"Nadica Atanasova, Marianne van Woerkom, Andromachi Spanouli, Jolanda Botke, Eeske van Roekel","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12369","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) is an important resource that can reduce the uncertainty that career starters face when transitioning from education to work. However, scant knowledge is available on how CDMSE can be enhanced through character strengths interventions. In this project, an online strengths intervention was developed to help career starters increase their CDMSE by identifying, exploring, appreciating, and using their happiness strengths (curiosity, gratitude, hope, love, and zest). A field experiment was conducted with 55 career starters in the Netherlands who were randomly assigned to an online three-week intervention (<i>N</i> = 23) or a wait-list control group (<i>N</i> = 32). Using a pretest-posttest design, it was found that the intervention positively influenced participants’ CDMSE, particularly their self-appraisal and problem-solving levels. Therefore, activating happiness strengths in an online strengths intervention might be used as a brief and effective tool to improve CDMSE (self-appraisal and problem-solving) among career starters.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 1","pages":"16-31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cdq.12369","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143564960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn Watson, Duhita Mahatmya, Saba Ali, Megan Foley Nicpon, Susan Assouline
{"title":"Understanding factors that influence students' sense of belonging and engagement in a career exploration program: A mixed methods study","authors":"Kathryn Watson, Duhita Mahatmya, Saba Ali, Megan Foley Nicpon, Susan Assouline","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12368","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Talent Identification and Career Exploration (TICE) program, funded by a Jacob K. Javits grant, focuses on increasing underrepresented students’ participation in gifted and talented programs. Early identification for gifted and talented programs expands student learning experiences, and when students from marginalized groups are not identified, they are denied equal opportunity to maximize their potential and enter the appropriate career path. This study focused on sixth- and seventh-grade students from a predominantly rural midwestern state who participated in TICE from 2020 to 2022. Students engaged in four modules focused on sensemaking of their strengths and potential future career matches. This mixed-methods study used student feedback to understand the relationship between students’ feelings of belonging and learning format on student enjoyment of the modules. Results show that students’ sense of belonging was a significant predictor of student enjoyment for two of the four modules, and learning format was not a significant predictor of student enjoyment. Qualitative data revealed students valued working with each other and learned about themselves and careers for which they would be a potential match. Findings from the study can be applied to inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of school-based career interventions for talented student populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 1","pages":"32-47"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cdq.12368","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amber Manning-Ouellette, Lucia Y. Dickinson, Karla J. Gutierrez, Emily F. Gilly
{"title":"The mirage of diversity, equity, and inclusion: Exploring career development professionals’ pedagogy and praxis","authors":"Amber Manning-Ouellette, Lucia Y. Dickinson, Karla J. Gutierrez, Emily F. Gilly","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12366","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite the importance of students exploring career options, developing career readiness, and experiencing a successful transition to the workforce, historically excluded populations’ participation in career development remains low. Additionally, career development professionals continue to feel unsupported in their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and in incorporating DEI in their respective roles. This multicase study uncovers a mirage approach to the work of career development professionals, providing opportunities to engage in this work, yet largely leaving DEI work unsupported in their quest to incorporate it into their spaces. Results indicate the larger impacts of navigating a lack of support as well as the oppressive intuitional structures that persist while engaging in DEI pedagogy and praxis.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"72 4","pages":"366-383"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenneth E. Granillo-Velasquez, Nicolas P. Musemeche, Denise L. Reyes
{"title":"Mapping the modern workforce: An overview of workforce competency demands","authors":"Kenneth E. Granillo-Velasquez, Nicolas P. Musemeche, Denise L. Reyes","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12367","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An understanding of the demands of the contemporary world of work may help guide policy- and decision-making processes. However, despite the importance of this understanding, few studies have attempted to examine the universe of available occupations to determine the most in-demand knowledge, skills, abilities, and other worker characteristics (KSAOs) as well as the relative demands of these KSAOs across occupations. This study addresses the first concern by calculating weighted averages that rely on the Occupational Information Network's (O*NET's) data on worker requirements and characteristics and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS’) employment counts. Furthermore, this study leverages the power of latent profile analyses to identify numerous workplace profiles, allowing us to uncover the extent to which KSAOs are demanded in relation to each other. Key findings suggest that the competencies relating to communication, business, technology, and cognition were among the most highly demanded KSAOs in the labor market. Additionally, identified KSAO profiles indicated that the rank ordering of KSAO level requirements differed across large sections of the labor market, indicating that the rank orderings proposed by the weighted averages were not consistent across the occupations examined. In sum, the findings of this study provide vital occupational information that contributes to our understanding of the KSAOs that are expected from the prospective workforce. In the context of career guidance, such information may assist career counselors and other guidance professionals in describing the world of work to their clients, thereby empowering them to make more educated career development choices that will improve their employability within the extant labor market.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"73 1","pages":"48-67"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antecedents of mentors’ interpersonal behaviors at work: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Najat Firzly, Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier, Luc Pelletier, Martine Lagacé","doi":"10.1002/cdq.12364","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cdq.12364","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Building on the self-determination theory and the work of Pelletier and their colleagues, we conducted a study to examine the antecedents of mentors’ interpersonal behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine how influence from above (administrative, practice, and colleagues’ pressures) and influence from below (perception of mentees’ level of self-determined motivation) were related to the mentors’ motivations for their work and the mentoring relationship, and how the mentors’ motivations were related to their interpersonal behaviors. In the present study (<i>N </i>= 600), the results of a cross-sectional design showed that mentors who perceived greater influence from above and lower influence from below were more non-self-determined toward their work and the mentoring relationship. In turn, the more non-self-determined they were, the more they were acting in a controlling manner with their mentees. Overall, our findings supported the independent and complementary role of influences from above and from below on mentors’ motivations and interpersonal behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47601,"journal":{"name":"Career Development Quarterly","volume":"72 4","pages":"328-345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cdq.12364","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}