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Further Evidence for the Use of Career Subtypes in Defining Career Status
Author(s) -
Newman Jody L.,
Fuqua Dale R.,
Minger Christina
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1990.tb00838.x
Subject(s) - psychology , career development , intervention (counseling) , career counseling , cognitive information processing , career portfolio , social psychology , applied psychology , medical education , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry
Four groups of career‐decided students differentiated by the level of comfort they reported with their career choices (Uncomfortable, Somewhat Comfortable, Moderately Comfortable, Very Comfortable) and two groups of career‐undecided students differentiated by the level of the problem they perceived their indecision to be (Not Serious, Serious) were compared using three measures of career status and two measures of anxiety. Generally, the results seriously challenge the use of decided versus undecided groupings in defining career status and suggest that many career‐decided students may benefit from career intervention. Further investigation of career subtypes, examining both quantitative and qualitative dimensions of career status, is recommended.