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Exploration to Foster Career Development
Author(s) -
Niles Spencer G.,
Anderson Walter P.,
Goodnough Gary
Publication year - 1998
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.2161-0045.1998.tb00700.x
Subject(s) - salience (neuroscience) , career development , psychology , variety (cybernetics) , psychological intervention , exploratory research , adult development , applied psychology , social psychology , sociology , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , computer science , anthropology
Responses to the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI: Super, Thompson, Lindeman, Myers, & Jordaan, 1988) were organized through cluster analysis to identify different ways in which adults use exploratory behavior to cope with career development tasks. Significant differences in life‐role salience among the types of adult career explorers identified were also investigated. Findings indicated a variety of ways in which adults use exploratory behavior. However, no significant differences were found in life‐role salience among the types of career explorers. The discussion explains how career counselors can interpret their clients' ACCI profiles to select appropriate career interventions.