Whole-Person Career Assessment: Integrating Fit Using Interests, Personality, Values, Knowledge, and Skills

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dc.contributor.advisorHoff, Kevin A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDamian, Rodica I.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberOswald, Fred
dc.contributor.committeeMemberReyes, Denise L.
dc.creatorLiu, Zihan
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-9233-8572
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-01T22:57:56Z
dc.date.available2023-01-01T22:57:56Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2022
dc.date.issued2022-08-08
dc.date.updated2023-01-01T22:57:57Z
dc.description.abstractCareer assessments can help people make more successful career and educational decisions. However, most career assessments only measure fit using single individual difference domains that link into a restricted set of occupational variables. This research describes the development and validation of an integrative career assessment, with over 90 links to O*NET occupational variables, that incorporates five individual difference domains: vocational interests, personality, work values, knowledge, and skills. Based on a cross-sectional study and two time-lagged studies, our research indicated that individuals tended to fit best with their current occupations in terms of interests, values, and knowledge, but all five fit domains showed positive relations with career choice. Dominance analyses further found that the five fit domains made unique contributions to predicting subjective career outcomes (career choice satisfaction, job satisfaction, perceived needs-supplies fit, and perceived demands-abilities fit). Interests were generally the strongest predictor of subjective career outcomes, except for perceived demands-abilities fit, which was strongly related to knowledge and skills. Overall, our research suggests that integrative career assessments have improved predictive power for career choice and career outcomes. We discuss how our assessments can be used for different purposes, with different populations, in the current and future labor market.
dc.description.departmentPsychology, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/13242
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectCareer assessment
dc.subjectIndividual differences
dc.subjectPerson-occupation fit
dc.titleWhole-Person Career Assessment: Integrating Fit Using Interests, Personality, Values, Knowledge, and Skills
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology, Industrial and Organizational
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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