The Role of Chance Events in the School-to-Work Transition: The Influence of Demographic, Personality and Career Development Variables

Autor/in	Hirschi, Andreas
Titel	The Role of Chance Events in the School-to-Work Transition: The Influence of Demographic, Personality and Career Development Variables
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77 (2010) 1, S.39-49 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2010.02.002
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; Career Planning; Personality; Grade 9; Grade 11; Vocational Education; Career Development; Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Grade 8; Satisfaction; Compulsory Education; Comparative Analysis; High Schools; Education Work Relationship; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Karriereplanung; Personalität; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Berufsentwicklung; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Zufriedenheit; Schulpflicht; High school; Oberschule; Schweiz
Abstract	Chance events are considered important in career development, yet little empirical research is available on their predictors and consequences. The present study investigated socio-demographic (gender, nationality, school-type), personality (openness, locus of control) and career development variables (career decidedness, career planning) in relation to perceived chance events with a retrospective (N=229, eleventh grade), and 1-year longitudinal prospective study (N=245, eighth/ninth grade) among Swiss adolescents. The results showed that the majority of both groups reported a significant influence of chance events on their transition from compulsory school to vocational education or high school. Importance of chance events related to socio-demographics and personality but not career preparation. Career preparation and chance events predicted subjective career success in terms of wish correspondence and overall satisfaction with transition outcome among the younger cohort. Implications include the necessity to integrate both thorough career preparation and chance events in theory and counseling practice. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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