Research Articles (Industrial Psychology)

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    Confirmatory factor analysis of the career decision-making self-efficacy scale among South African university students
    (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2001) Watson, M. B.; Brand, H. J.; Stead, G. B.; Ellis, R. R.
    There is a need for South African researchers to explore the potential utility of career decision-making self-efficacy in understanding the career behaviour of tertiary students. Given the lack of standardised measures for this construct, the responses of 364 South African university students to the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale : Short Form (CDMSE-SF) were analysed using item statistics, Cronbachs alpha and confirmatory factor analysis to determine whether items supported the theorized subscales.
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    Onderskeiding tussen beroepsrealistiese en -onrealistiese adolessente met behulp van die waardeskaal
    (AOSIS OpenJournal, 1995-06) Zeier, R. E.; Brand, H. J.
    Differentiation between vocational realistic and unrealistic adolescents by means of a value scale. The usefulness of the Value Scale for distinguishing between adolescents with realistic or unrealistic approaches towards vocational choice was studied. A group of std. 10 pupils from a specific secondary school in the Cape Peninsula participated in the study. An evaluation with regard to the degree of realism of vocational decisions was made by three counselling psychologists. Classification of subjects was based on the agreement between their vocational choice, interest profiles, academic performance, intelligence test scores and course prerequisites. A number of variables were identified by discriminant analysis which distinguished significantly between realistic and unrealistic approaches. Value-preferences for realistic adolescents were more homogeneous and were globally interpreted as an intrinsic value pattern while subjects with unrealistic approaches showed a more differentiated pattern.
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    Die verband tussen beroepsbesluitloosheid, vrees vir gebondenheid en beroepsidentiteit
    (AOSIS OpenJournals, 1997-06) Goosen, L. J.; Brand, H. J.
    The relationship between career indecisiveness, fear for commitment and vocational identity. This study examined the correlation between the constructs career indecision, fear of commitment and vocational identity. Ninety-eight under-graduate university students served as research participants and completed the Career Decision Scale (CDS), the Vocational Identity Scale (VIS) and the Fear of Commitment Questionnaire (FOCQ). The results indicated that the scores on the CDS were significantly related (p is smaller than 0,05) to the scores on the VIS and the FOCQ. Support was obtained for the important role of the construct of identity in the explanation of career indecisiveness.