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Student and Counselor Perceptions of Career Counselor Work Activities in a Community College
Author(s) -
Olson Tarin F.,
Matkin Ralph E.
Publication year - 1992
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.2161-0045.1992.tb00339.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , perception , counselor education , significant difference , ideal (ethics) , medical education , career counseling , work (physics) , community college , applied psychology , social psychology , higher education , medicine , paleontology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience , political science , law , biology , engineering
This study examined whether differences exist between student and counselor perceptions of work activities performed by the latter group in a large Southern California community college. Participants responded to a 40‐item questionnaire indicating whether tasks were actually performed, and whether they ought be performed by counselors when providing career guidance. Chi‐square with Yates's correction for continuity and Fisher's Exact Test were used to analyze the data. Statistically significant results indicated that students did not believe that counselors were actually performing the majority of tasks commonly and ideally associated with career counseling services. Although students and counselors agreed on ideal career counselor work activities, counselor responses revealed no difference between their actual and ideal duties.