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Occupational Environments - An Activity-Based Approach Based on Holland

Stuth, Stefan
WZB - Berlin Social Science Center. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2502
Abstract: Holland (1997) differentiated six primary vocational interests and six corresponding vocational environments (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional). Vocational interests are the expression of people’s personalities that fit vocations in which certain personalities flourish. All vocations that fit an interest constitute a vocational environment. Different vocational environments require different self-beliefs and problem-solving styles or concrete tasks instead of abstract tasks or physical work instead of mental work. In short, vocational environments pr ... more
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Subject area: [Sozialwissenschaften [=] Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie]
Topics: Federal Republic of Germany | occupation | interest | occupational choice | work environment

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2020; 2020
Geographic coverage: Germany / DE
Universe: Working population in the German Microcensus
Temporal Research Design: cross-section
Mode of Data Collection: Aggregation
Notes: Source: RDC of the Federal Statistical Office and Statistical Offices of the Federal States, Microcensus 2015, DOI: 10.21242/12211.2015.00.00.1.1.1, own calculations

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Stuth, Stefan; German Centre of Gerontology (DZA)
Publication year: 2022
DOI: 10.7802/2502
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2502
Project funder: Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Publisher: WZB - Berlin Social Science Center

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2502

Reference publications

Publications: Stuth, Stefan (2023): It’s a matter of interest. How adolescents’ gender, social class, and vocational interests prevent the fit between their vocational interests and occupational aspirations. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/q897w

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