Can Teachers Predict Ninth-Grade Students Perceptions of the Importance of Selected Job Characteristics in Considering an Occupation?
The research was designed to determine whether: (1) ninth-grade male and female students differ in their perceptions of job characteristics which would be important to them in choosing an occupation, (2) ninth-grade male and female students differ in their perceptions of what constitutes job “success,” and (3) counselors and teachers can predict the degree of importance that selected job characteristics have for ninth-grade students. Male and female students were in general agreement about what consitutes job success and about which factors would be important in choosing an occupation. The teachers were, as a rule, unable to predict their students’ feelings about which job characteristics would be important in choosing an occupation. Males and females indicated the best definitions of occupational success meant doing the best one can on the job, helping others, and earning a good salary. They also agreed that personal satisfaction from doing a job well, steady employment, secure future
