A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF CAREER DECIDEDNESS AMONG WHITE SOUTH-AFRICAN HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS

A longitudinal study of the developmental nature of career decidedness and the relation of grade, socioeconomic status, and gender to such decidedness was undertaken on a sample of 214 white South African high school students. The results of the study support a developmental progression toward greater career decidedness for all students except those who progressed from Grades 9 to 11. Socioeconomic status and gender were not significantly related to career decidedness. The implications of these results for future research and for the career education of adolescents are considered. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.