Abstract
This study investigated the cross-cultural similarity of vocational interests. Mexican and U.S. male law and engineering students and U.S. male professional engineers and lawyers (N = 814) were tested using the English or validated Spanish form of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII). Multiple discriminant function analyses were used to investigate the cross-cultural similarity of vocational interests of engineers and lawyers. Results indicated that all groups were significantly different (p ≤ .05) but that group centroids of Mexican and U.S. student engineers were closer than were group centroids for U.S. and Mexican student lawyers. The results are discussed with implications for cross-cultural interpretations of the SCII.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-96 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Vocational Behavior |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1986 |