Abstract
This study investigated the relationships between the scales of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI) and those of the Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory (CASI). The scores of 202 South African adults for the two inventories were subjected to a canonical correlation analysis. Two canonical variates made statistically significant contributions to the explanation of the relationships between the two sets of variables. Inspection of the correlations of the original variables with the first canonical variate suggested that a high level of career concerns in general, as measured by the ACCI, is associated with high levels of career worries, more geographical barriers, a low risk-taking style and a non-dominant interpersonal style, as measured by the CASI. The second canonical variate suggested that concerns with career exploration and advancement of one’s career is associated with low job satisfaction, low family commitment, high work involvement, and a dominant style at work.
Highlights
The close of the 20th century has seen many changes in the world of work that necessitate self-asserting adaptive behavior from the modern worker (Bridges, 1995; Hall & Mirvis, 1995; Fourie & Van Vuuren, 1998)
Two psychometric instruments that may be helpful in the career counseling process with adults are the Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory (CASI; Holland & Gottfredson, 1994) and the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI; Super, Thompson & Lindeman, 1988)
The Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory According to Gottfredson (1996a) the CASI was developed as a measure of several facets of career status
Summary
The close of the 20th century has seen many changes in the world of work that necessitate self-asserting adaptive behavior from the modern worker (Bridges, 1995; Hall & Mirvis, 1995; Fourie & Van Vuuren, 1998). The Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory According to Gottfredson (1996a) the CASI was developed as a measure of several facets of career status He defined career status as the summary of a person’s vocational adjustment. The facets of career status included in the CASI represent attitudes, strategies, styles and barriers that may be helpful in understanding the forces that impact on an individual’s career. In this regard Gottfredson stated that the authors of the CASI “... Person-job congruence and circumstances are secondary influences on career status
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