UNDERLYING DIMENSIONS OF PERSONAL BACKGROUND DATA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION

IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY UNDERLYING DIMENSIONS OF PERSONAL BACKGROUND DATA, 3 SUCCESSIVE FACTOR ANALYSES WERE PERFORMED ON THE RESPONSES OF A VOCATIONALLY HETEROGENEOUS SAMPLE OF 680 MALE SS TO A WIDE SPECTRUM OF COMMONLY USED PERSONAL-BACKGROUND-DATA ITEMS. USING THE FINAL FACTORING, AN ANALYSIS OF VAR...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1967-12, Vol.51 (6), p.481-490
Main Authors: BAEHR, MELANY E, WILLIAMS, GLENN B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Business and Industrial Personnel
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Human
Humans
Male
Occupations
Occupations - classification
Socioeconomic Factors
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Summary:IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY UNDERLYING DIMENSIONS OF PERSONAL BACKGROUND DATA, 3 SUCCESSIVE FACTOR ANALYSES WERE PERFORMED ON THE RESPONSES OF A VOCATIONALLY HETEROGENEOUS SAMPLE OF 680 MALE SS TO A WIDE SPECTRUM OF COMMONLY USED PERSONAL-BACKGROUND-DATA ITEMS. USING THE FINAL FACTORING, AN ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE OF SCORES DERIVED FROM 15 INTERPRETABLE 1ST-ORDER FACTORS ACROSS 10 OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT F RATIOS (P < .001) FOR VIRTUALLY ALL FACTORS. A 2ND-ORDER FACTOR ANALYSIS YIELDED 5 UNCORRELATED FACTORS, THOUGHT TO REPRESENT BROAD BEHAVIOR PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEEDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS. THE STUDY INDICATES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE IDENTIFIED DIMENSIONS AND OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIOGRAPHICAL DIMENSIONS AND OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS. (22 REF.)
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/h0025169