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- Title
ADVENTITIOUS VERSUS PURPOSIVE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE: A REPLY TO KATZ.
- Authors
Sherlock, Basil; Cohen, Alan
- Abstract
The article presents an opportunity for a further clarification of the adventurous and purposive theories of occupational recruitment. The purposive strategy assumes that choices are rational compromises between factors which of themselves are not necessarily rational. To the extent that there is a direct relation between means and ends author is justified in describing a choice-process as rational. Adventitious choice of occupation would seem to be involved when careers are of temporary duration or subordinate to other considerations. Recruitment to female professions provides an excellent example of this phenomena. It has been suggested that the middle-class girl's identification with and commitment to a career choice, when she makes one, is almost of necessity more ambivalent, conflict-laden and tentative than it is for her male counterpart. In predominantly male professions, such as medicine, dentistry, law, engineering, etc., choice can be more readily made in terms of "career relevant" considerations such as economic resources, cost of training, occupational preferences and future rewards.
- Subjects
EMPLOYEE recruitment; VOCATIONAL guidance; INDUSTRIAL arts; CAREER development; INDUSTRIAL statistics; ENGINEERING law
- Publication
Social Forces, 1966, Vol 45, Issue 2, p282
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2574400