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Author: Gottfredson, Linda S.
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. Gottfredson, Linda S.
Aspiration-Job Match: Age Trends in a Large, Nationally Representative Sample of Young White Men
Journal of Counseling Psychology 26 (1979): 319-328.
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Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Education, Guidance and Counseling; Holland's Typology; Job Aspirations; Vocational Guidance; Vocational Training

Age trends in the match between vocational aspirations and actual jobs were studied, in a nationally representative sample of 3,730 white men 16-28 years old who were interviewed yearly over a 5-year period. As the men aged, higher agreement between jobs and aspirations (classified according to Holland's typology) occurred. In addition, the distributions of both aspirations and actual jobs differed with age. Larger proportions of the older men were engaged in enterprising work, and the distribution of aspirations, which at age 16 diverged markedly from the distribution of jobs, resembled that distribution more closely by age 28. Implications for changing strategies of vocational counseling and research are discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Gottfredson, Linda S. "Aspiration-Job Match: Age Trends in a Large, Nationally Representative Sample of Young White Men." Journal of Counseling Psychology 26 (1979): 319-328.
2. Gottfredson, Linda S.
Change and Development in Careers
Final Report, National Institute of Education, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1980.
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Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: National Institute of Education, U.S.
Keyword(s): Behavior; Career Patterns; Educational Attainment; Job Aspirations; Job Search; Job Tenure; Occupations; Wages; Work Attitudes; Work History

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This report describes a study that examined three types of change that affect career development: (1) changes in jobs and behavior that occur as people mature and age, (2) cultural changes that alter the opportunities and attitudes of people born at different times in history, and (3) changes in the environment that affect the opportunities and behavior of people. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 reviews the major approaches to career development in sociology and psychology while chapter 3 outlines how the two approaches can be combined. Chapter 4 describes the development and validity of the occupational status and the occupational field classifications. The fifth chapter describes the National Longitudinal Survey data used in the study. The next three chapters describe patterns of career outcomes: the employment status and kinds of work held at different ages, the occupational aspirations men have at different ages, and the extent to which earlier aspirations and jobs determine later jobs held. Chapter 10 focuses on family and personal background variables that are associated with entering different fields and levels of work, while chapter 11 focuses on the influence of educational and economic environments. The final two chapters review the theoretical and practical implications of the study. (LRA) ERIC Document Number: ED186699
Bibliography Citation
Gottfredson, Linda S. "Change and Development in Careers." Final Report, National Institute of Education, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1980.
3. Gottfredson, Linda S.
Becker, Henry J.
A Challenge to Vocational Psychology: How Important are Aspirations in Determining Male Career Development?
Journal of Vocational Behavior 18,2 (April 1981): 121-137.
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Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Occupational Aspirations; Work History

This study assesses the relative importance of previous aspirations and previous jobs in determining later jobs held. The results supported the hypotheses that: (1) men more often achieve congruence between their aspiration and their field of employment by changing aspirations to match the job rather than vice versa; and (2) aspirations for field of work generally are not as useful as actual job field for predicting the field of jobs held 1 to 5 years later. In addition, middle-class young men were no more able to attain their aspirations either for field of employment or for status level of occupation than were lower-class male youths.
Bibliography Citation
Gottfredson, Linda S. and Henry J. Becker. "A Challenge to Vocational Psychology: How Important are Aspirations in Determining Male Career Development?" Journal of Vocational Behavior 18,2 (April 1981): 121-137.
4. Gottfredson, Linda S.
Brown, Vicky C.
Occupational Differentiation among White Men in the First Decade after High School
Journal of Vocational Behavior 19,3 (December 1981): 251-289.
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Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Influences; I.Q.; Mobility, Job; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Results from an examination of the rate at which occupational differentiation proceeds among young white men (16- 28) suggest that the rate of labor force participation stabilizes in the early twenties, differentiation among men by education and the distribution of men among different broad levels and fields of work stabilizes by the mid twenties, and the sorting of men with different socioeconomic backgrounds into different occupational groups continues through the late twenties at which age it appears to have been largely completed. Although socioeconomic background helps to differentiate men in various fields and levels of work, academic achievement is the major dimension by which men are sorted.
Bibliography Citation
Gottfredson, Linda S. and Vicky C. Brown. "Occupational Differentiation among White Men in the First Decade after High School." Journal of Vocational Behavior 19,3 (December 1981): 251-289.