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Investigation of placement outcomes 3 years after a job skills training program for chronically unemployed adults
Author(s) -
Tango Robert A.,
Kolodinsky Pit
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2004.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , aptitude , big five personality traits , seekers , intrapersonal communication , job attitude , applied psychology , job performance , social psychology , medical education , job satisfaction , interpersonal communication , developmental psychology , medicine , political science , law
This analysis of chronically unemployed job seekers after they completed a comprehensive job skills training program reveals dynamic interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics that have an impact on job‐finding success. Of primary interest in this study was the relationship between R. B. Cattell's (1988) second‐order personality factors and participants' employment status 3 years after they graduated from the job skills program. Furthermore, U.S. Department of Labor worker trait classifications, such as aptitude, academic achievement, work history, and Holland's hexagonal definitions of career interest were also analyzed (United States Employment Service, 1972). Relatively robust correlations between job holding status and 2 of the second‐order personality factors on Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire were illuminated: Independence and Objectivity.