Nature of Career Choice and Super's Theory of Vocational Development (PhD Thesis)

Author(s):  
Professor Datin Dr. Quek Ai-Hwa
2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L. Savickas ◽  
Erik J. Porfeli

Initially administered in 1961, the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was the first paper-and-pencil measure of vocational development. The present research revised the CMI to reestablish its usefulness as a succinct, reliable, and valid measure of career choice readiness, with a few theoretically relevant and practically useful content scales for diagnostic work with school populations up to and including Grade 12. The new Form C was produced by combining rational organization of item content with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In the end, CMI Form C provides a total score for career choice readiness, three scale scores reflecting career adaptability dimensions of concern, curiosity, and confidence, and a score reflecting relational style in forming occupational choices. Initial evidence supports the face, construct, and concurrent validity of the CMI scores as indicators of career choice readiness.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney F. Fisher ◽  
Alison S. O'Brien ◽  
Louis C. Buffardi ◽  
Carol J. Erdwins

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