Holland Theory of Vocational Types
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This approach gives explicit attention to behavioral style or personality types as the major influence in career choice development. This is described as structurally interactive.
Common Themes:
- Occupation choice is an expression of personality and not random
- Members of an occupational group have similar personalities
- People in each group will respond to situations an problems similarly
- Occupational achievement, stability and satisfaction depends on congruence between one’s personality and job environment
Advantages of Holland Types for Career Counseling
Rehfuss and Sickinger (2013) state thatTypes are intuitively appealing and easily shared with students. Helps students get oriented to the worlds of work that isn’t overwhelming. Provides helpful way of understanding varied work environments.
Disadvantages of Holland Types for School Counseling
Theory doesn’t provide insights into how one develops a type or guidance for working with student(Johnson &Rochkind, 2010).
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