Abstract
This study was designed to explore two areas: (1) the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for employed non-college-degreed men using two different operational definitions of vocational orientation; and (2) the relationships among same named scales across the two inventories. Concurrent validity was studied by administering the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS) to 126 male workers in occupational environments consistent with Holland's six vocational environments. The results revealed that two scales of the VPI and four scales of the SDS successfully differentiated the occupational groups consistent with Holland's theoretical framework. In general, the findings of this study lend some support to the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for non-college-degreed employed men.
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