Occupational Aspirations of Low Socioeconomic Black South African Children

Autor:	Mary McMahon, Mark Watson, Catherine Els, Cheryl D. Foxcroft
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Typology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Descriptive statistics Ethnic group Research needs Education Developmental psychology High status Psychology Socioeconomic status Social psychology General Psychology Applied Psychology Career counseling Career development
Zdroj:	Journal of Career Development. 37:717-734
ISSN:	1556-0856 0894-8453
DOI:	10.1177/0894845309359351
Popis:	There has been a call for a more systematic research focus on the career development of children from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, with the viewpoint that children’s career development research needs to be contextually grounded in the countries and cultures where such development occurs. This article describes the occupational aspirations (in terms of typology and status level) of Black South African upper elementary school children of low socioeconomic status. A nonprobability convenience sample of 274 children (157 females, 117 males) from Grades 5 and 6 participated. Two open-ended questions from the Revised Career Awareness Survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results revealed that most children aspired to social and investigative type occupations, with over 80% aspiring to high status occupations. There were few gender differences. The implications of the findings as well as practical considerations in researching more disadvantaged populations are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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