This study was designed to investigate the differences in the degrees of career attitude maturity and the factor of career indecision based on the consistency of the vocational self-concept, core concept of Super's (1988) career developmental theory. ...
This study was designed to investigate the differences in the degrees of career attitude maturity and the factor of career indecision based on the consistency of the vocational self-concept, core concept of Super's (1988) career developmental theory. The subjects were 368 students of a large university located in seoul (128 male students and 239 female students). Three hundred sixty eight undergraduates were classified into the four types of career choicethe stable (31.8%), the multiple choice (19.1%), the conventional (28.1%), and the unstable (21.0%). Also, the Career Attitude Maturity Inventory and the Korean Career Indecision Inventory were administered to the subjects to decide the degree of career attitude maturity and the factor of career indecision. Results indicated that the stable and unstable type showed a significant difference in the score of the career attitude maturity and career indecision. Unlike the result of prevous studies, no difference was detected in the career attitude maturity and the career indecision among the multiple choice, conventional, and unstable type. Conventional type showed higher score on the career attitude maturity and lower score on the career indecision than the multiple choice type. The results of this study suggested limitations of applying the career choice types based on Super's vocational self-concept to Korean subjects.