Career decision-making profiles and career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural comparison among US, Israeli, and Chinese samples

Tirza Willner, Itamar Gati, Yanjun Guan

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Abstract

Assessing individuals' career decision-making difficulties and career decision-making profile (style) allows counselors to help them make better career decisions. The present study focused on the associations between the Career Decision-Making Profiles (. CDMP) questionnaire and the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (. CDDQ) in four large samples: American adults (. N=. 601), Israeli young adults (. N=. 623), American students (. N=. 915), and Chinese students (. N=. 929). The pattern of associations between the 12 CDMP dimensions and the 10 CDDQ scales was generally replicated across the four samples, and indicated that certain CDMP dimensions were associated with career decision-making difficulties. Additionally, in all four samples, the higher an individual's career decision-making adaptability, as derived from the CDMP, the fewer difficulties he or she encountered prior to and during the career decision-making process. However, a few unique patterns of associations between the CDMP and the CDDQ emerged in some samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-153
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Vocational Behavior
Volume88
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CDDQ
  • Career decision-making difficulties
  • Career decision-making profiles
  • Career decision-making style
  • Career indecision
  • Cross-cultural

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Applied Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Life-span and Life-course Studies

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