Do ornithologists flock together? Homogeneity of interests in occupations

Perlus, Jessamyn G.

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Title

Do ornithologists flock together? Homogeneity of interests in occupations

Author(s)

Perlus, Jessamyn G.

Issue Date

2016-07-06

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Rounds, James

Committee Member(s)

• Newman, Daniel
• Nye, Christopher

Department of Study

Educational Psychology

Discipline

Educational Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.S.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

• Holland’s theory
• Strong Interest Inventory
• Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional (RIASEC)
• vocational interests
• occupational interests and guidance
• interest-occupation congruence

Abstract

The vocational interest assessment literature is built upon the assumption that people in the same occupation share a similar pattern of trait interests. For this underlying theoretical model to work, it is important to verify the degree to which employees in occupations have homogeneous interests. This study addresses this question by looking at homogeneity from four perspectives: a quantitative review of published literature, examination of the Strong Interest Inventory manual data, a quantitative review of congruence indices, and a secondary analysis of a large dataset. Taken together, the findings demonstrate considerable heterogeneity of interests for a range of occupations pointing towards a continuum of homogeneity, and prompting a further look into the homogeneity assumption of interests within occupations.

Graduation Semester

2016-08

Type of Resource

text

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Copyright 2016 Jessamyn Perlus

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