Career decision-making profiles vs. styles: Convergent and incremental validity

Itamar Gati, Reuma Gadassi, Rona Mashiah-Cohen

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Abstract

The present research investigated the convergent and incremental validity of the multidimensional model and questionnaire - the Career Decision-Making Profiles (. CDMP, Gati, Landman, Davidovitch, Peretz-Asulin, & Gadassi, 2010) - by comparing it to two prevalent decision-making style models. Study 1 compared the . CDMP to the Vocational Decision Style Indicator (. VDSI; Walsh, 1986) using a sample of 423 young adults. Study 2 compared the . CDMP to the General Decision-Making Style inventory (. GDMS; Scott & Bruce, 1995; based on Harren, 1979) using a sample of 427 individuals. The results of Studies 1 and 2 supported the convergent validity of the . CDMP. Moreover, the results supported the advantage of the . CDMP over the . VDSI in predicting individuals' stages in the career decision-making process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2-16
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Vocational Behavior
Volume81
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2012
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Yasmin Abo-foul, Adi Amit, Lisa Asulin-Peretz, Naomi Goldblum, Valentina Izraelevitch, Tami Kennet-Cohen, Nimrod Levin, Yulia Lipshitz, Maya Perez, Michal Phillips-Bernstein, and Dana Vertsberger for their comments on previous versions of this paper. This research was supported in part by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation (Grant 512/09 ) and by the Samuel and Esther Melton Chair of the first author.

Funding

We thank Yasmin Abo-foul, Adi Amit, Lisa Asulin-Peretz, Naomi Goldblum, Valentina Izraelevitch, Tami Kennet-Cohen, Nimrod Levin, Yulia Lipshitz, Maya Perez, Michal Phillips-Bernstein, and Dana Vertsberger for their comments on previous versions of this paper. This research was supported in part by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation (Grant 512/09 ) and by the Samuel and Esther Melton Chair of the first author.

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation512/09

    Keywords

    • Career decision making
    • Career decision-making profile
    • Career decision-making styles
    • Career indecision

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