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Making Vocational Choices, 3rd Edition (MVC)
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Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work
Environments presents John L. Holland's RIASEC theory of careers and its
successful application to
vocational life. Holland's formulation is the basis
for all major career
inventories used today.
It can be easily understood and
used by practitioners whose goals are to
help individuals
make successful
career choices and/or to achieve the best person-job
fit. The primary focus
is
to explain vocational behavior and to suggest practical ideas to help
people
select jobs, change jobs, and attain vocational satisfaction.
The Holland theory of careers is an interactive model based on a
typology of persons and environments. First, people can be characterized
by their
resemblance to each of six
personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social,
Enterprising, and Conventional.
Each personality type has a characteristic set of activities, skills,
and talents. Second, the environments in which people
live and work can
be characterized by their resemblance
to model environments classified according to the same six types.
Finally, the theory allows
us to predict the outcome of person-environment interactions, providing
explanations for
three fundamental questions:
• What personal and environmental characteristics lead to satisfying
career decisions?
• What personal and environmental characteristics lead to stability and
change in the kind and level of work a person performs over a lifetime?
• What are the most effective methods for providing assistance to people
with career problems?
This 3rd edition provides some clarifications and revisions of the
theory; discusses recent (1985-1996) related research; and extends the
practical applications of the theory in career guidance, social science,
business, and industry.
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