Congruence and consistency derived from the circular and the hierarchical models as predictors of Occupational Choice Satisfaction

Abstract

Peiser and Meir ( Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978 , 12, 270–278) tested the predictability of Occupational Choice Satisfaction (OCS) using Holland's constructs of congruence and consistency as applied to Roe's classification of occupations and the circular structure of vocational interests. In the present study congruence and consistency are applied to the same data, but the constructs are defined according to the hierarchical model for the structure of interests ( I. Gati, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979 , 15, 90–106). The hierarchical and the circular models are found to be of similar efficiency in predicting OCS by congruence and by consistency. Each model, however, has its unique and distinctive predictions, and thus they seem to complement each other rather than to compete.