Vocational Psychology

La sfida di navigare scelte cruciali nell'attuale società in rapida evoluzione è evidente, specialmente per i giovani. Dati empirici rivelano che in Ticino meno della metà degli studenti segue un cammino educativo lineare, evidenziando l'importanza di supporti efficaci nella definizione del loro percorso. Questo articolo esplora la sinergia tra decisione emotiva e riflessiva, analizzando i sistemi cognitivi coinvolti nei processi di scelta. Sebbene la propensione degli adolescenti sia quella di affidarsi maggiormente ad approcci intuitivi, l'integrazione tra la componenti emozionali e cognitive risulta essenziale per decisioni ponderate. Il rinnovato Piano di studio ticinese, che enfatizza la trasferibilità delle competenze e l'importanza delle componenti socioemotive, può supportare questa necessità. Attraverso un approccio educativo che unisce teoria e prassi, l'articolo evidenzia come un approccio integrato - che considera convenientemente prospettive pedagogiche e psicologiche, alla luce dei più recenti riscontri nell'ambito della letteratura specializzata - possa equipaggiare gli individui con strumenti adeguati ad affrontare scelte consapevoli, combinando conoscenza, esperienza e intuizione, preparandoli quindi per un futuro in armonia con le proprie aspirazioni.

The Republic of Moldova has, de facto, joined the Bologna Process in 2005,and startingwith this year multiple reforms in the higher education realm have been peformed. One primary aspect deals with the financial autonomy of the universities. The lack of an adequate financial support from the government was offset by the introduction of paid studies, which allowed universities to survive under government underfunding conditions and to independently manage their financial resources gained from tuition fees. In order to determine the adequate level of funding a tool for identifying the real training costs is required. In this article, we aim to investigate the pros and cons of the method of activity-based costing.

The purpose of this paper is to research the premises for the development of analytical tools for reporting sustainability activities at the microeconomic level. Based on the synthesis of specialized literature, the analysis of policy documents and analytical reports of international and European organizations, it was hypothesized that the current corporate reporting framework does not meet the informational needs of stakeholders. In order to identify the methodological issues regarding sustainability reporting, both the national practice in the field of monitoring and reporting of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova regarding ODD2030 and the corporate practice were analyzed, being examined non-financial reporting documents of the Purcari S.A. group and of the State enterprise "State Administration of Roads". Traditional research methods were applied in the research: monographic, analysis, synthesis, comparison. The carried-out research allowed the authors to systematize qualitative and quantitative performance indicators (KPI) for measuring and evaluating the entity's sustainable performance. It was concluded that at the national level, the system of indicators for monitoring progress in achieving the 2030 Agenda is developed, but at the microeconomic level, the necessary analytical and methodological framework is missing. In this context, the conducted research provides a theoretical framework for the relationship between the accounting information system and business sustainability. In addition, the study provides a methodological framework for the sustainability reporting procedure and the KPI system for sustainability performance assessment.

نامه به حضرت آقای فیلوپولیس یکی از منابع درسی بوده است که در پاییز و زمستانِ سال 1403 در گروه فلسفۀ دانشکدۀ ادبیات و علوم انسانی دانشگاه تهران برگزار شد. این درس که با عنوانِ انتخابیِ «روسو و روشنگری» ذیل درسِ «تاریخ فلسفۀ جدیدِ 2» به تدریس جناب آقای دکتر شاهد طباطبائی تعریف شده بود، با حضور تنی چند از دانشجویانِ کارشناسی فلسفه و بعضی رشته‌های دیگر (عمدتاً ورودی‌های 1400 و 1401) برگزار شد. ضمن سپاسگزاری از جناب آقای دکتر طباطبائی از بابت فراهم‌ساختنِ این فرصت مغتنم، ترجمۀ پیش‌رو را به یادبودِ گفت‌وگوهای دلپذیرِ کلاس به آن دانشجویان تقدیم می‌کنم.

Australian women are not faring well in their paid and unpaid work, and this becomes problematic during the perinatal period (beginning at conception and continuing through to 12 months after birth). Despite legislation being in place for 35 years prohibiting genderbased employment discrimination, a gender pay gap commences early in women's working lives and increases over time. Further, when Australian women become pregnant, they encounter widespread and systemic discrimination, which has a detrimental impact on their attachment to the labour market, financial security and wellbeing. The prevalence of perinatal depression in Australian women is higher than in comparable high-income countries. Despite the Australian federal government investing in interventions to prevent v Publications included in this thesis No publications included.

The agricultural activity as a whole is closely related to climatic conditions uncontrolled by man or other living organisms, strongly emphasized by the economic interests of all parties involved, and it is ranked as one of the highest levels of risk. Usually, this assessment includes both natural and economic hazards. Based on this finding objective, modern agriculture in all countries has a well defined object of insurance. Contemporary insurance mechanism and instruments of the agricultural sector are widely diversified, taking as a basis the specific geographic diversification, sector structure of plant growing and/or livestock breeding, the economic possibilities of the participants in the process of insurance etc. The insurance premiums are paid by the State in order to provide subsidized risk insurance of the agricultural production. INTRODUCERE Activitatea agricolă în ansamblu, fiind strâns legată de condiţiile climaterice necontrolate de om, de organismele vii, de interesel...

Career counseling requires clients to make assessments and predictions of their interests, necessitating the use of both rational and intuitive processes. Dual-processing models of human decisionmaking have not been experimentally explored within the context of vocational assessment. One-hundred thirty-six participants chose among eight occupational/educational videos after an unconscious-intuitive, conscious-rational, or decisionas-usual information processing manipulation. Participant interest was assessed before, during, and 2 weeks following the video in order to determine differences across conditions. The results yielded three conclusions. First, the unconscious-intuitive manipulation resulted in interest forecasts that were more predictive of actual interest than did the conscious-rational manipulation or the decision-as-usual conditions. Second, interest levels were recalled more accurately by participants who made choices under unconsciousintuitive conditions than by those in the other two conditions. Finally, a history of occupational engagement was found to be related to decisional quality but only for the control group. These results are discussed in the context of vocational theory.

At European level, the economic integration aims to achieve economic solidarity by forming a complex network of interdependent links between the economic agents of the participant countries. The viability of European economic integration depends primarily on the sharing of European democratic and cultural values by a state, and then on its economic capacity and performance. To contribute to the European Union development, the economic integration contributes by developing mutual exchanges and interdependences of national economies.

At European level, the economic integration aims to achieve economic solidarity by forming a complex network of interdependent links between the economic agents of the participant countries. The viability of European economic integration depends primarily on the sharing of European democratic and cultural values by a state, and then on its economic capacity and performance. To contribute to the European Union development, the economic integration contributes by developing mutual exchanges and interdependences of national economies.

In acest articol  sunt reliefate politicile educaționale care au fost implementate in sistemul de invăţământ din Republica Moldova, indeosebi in invățământul superior. Invăţământul superior a suferit multiple transformări, incepând cu perioada proclamării independeței și continuând până in prezent. Toate modificările operate au avut la bază racordarea sistemului de invăţământ superior la rigorile europene, altfel spus – europenizarea acestuia. Adaptarea invăţământului superior la condiţiile cerute de UE va oferi compatibilitatea si competitivitatea necesară pe piaţa universitară europeană, fapt ce va determina cresterea mobilităţilor academice ale actorilor implicaţi. REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA This article highlights the educational policies that have been implemented in the educational system of the Republic of Moldova, especially in higher education. Higher education has undergone a lot of changes since the procla...

Introduction. Holland's theory, along with Gottfredson and Holland's professional analysis work, have produced the PCI (Position Classification Inventory), a simple method for classifying any occupation in accordance with Holland's Typology theory. The purpose of our study is to perform an analysis of a Spanish translation of the Position Classification Inventory (PCI) in order to check its psychometric properties in a Spanish sample. Method. We prepared a translation of the PCI which was applied to a sample of 525 subjects pertaining to 78 different occupations. We calculated the reliability of each of the six scales that the instrument measures, relating to the six types of environmental models proposed by Holland (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional) and we performed an item analysis in order to verify to what extent each item is representative of its scale. Results. Reliability indices range from 0.65 to 0.85. The Investigative, Social Enterprising and Conventional scales obtain reliability indices below 0.80. The item analysis allowed us to detect 42.3% of items that do not meet established criteria, and therefore are not considered discriminative for the scales they belong to. Discussion. We feel it necessary to adapt the PCI, substituting the items with less discriminating power for their scales, in order to get a more precise instrument where the scales have greater reliability indices. At the same time, we suggest that new studies be carried out using different samples in order to verify the instrument's reliability.

This article examines the issue of assessing the effectiveness of expenditures in health care on the example of PMSU RB Comrat. The financial indicators of the institution for 2020 and 2021 are analyzed, identifying trends and factors affecting their change. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of implementing measures to optimize costs and improve the efficiency of resource management, and suggests strategies to improve the asset structure, which significantly contributes to maintaining the financial health of the institution.

Recentemente, os programas de avaliação implementados pelo governo brasileiro têm chamado a atenção para uma dimensão humana com uma longa tradição de pesquisa na Psicologia, as habilidades cognitivas. Neste artigo procura-se analisar o modelo conceitual de habilidades e competências subjacente ao Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM) e compará-lo com os modelos contemporâneos da inteligência humana pela ótica da psicometria e psicologia cognitiva. Embora empreguem terminologias diferentes, os modelos referem-se a dimensões comuns da capacidade humana, nomeadamente a inteligência fluida e cristalizada mas ainda faltam estudos de validade de construto para evidenciar com mais clareza o que o ENEM avalia.

Our experience and almost all of our activities are centred upon how we perceive time. Individual’s perception of time and how it influences both mindfulness and happiness is an unexplored area. This study tries to find the fundamental relationship of Time Perception with Mindfulness and Happiness. 211 college students were selected using the convenience sampling method. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory Short Form and Subjective Happiness Scale were administered online using google forms. The data collected was analysed based on Pearson’s bivariate correlational research design. The relationship between the Future and Mindfulness was significant. Past Negative and Present fatalism were negatively correlated with Happiness. On the other hand, Past Positive Dimension and Future was found to have a substantial positive relationship with Happiness. Finally, suggestions based on the findings were discussed.

Intellectual trends in Iran can be categorized in different historical periods on the basis of their attitude towards the West or religious and native culture and with respect to socio-political changes in various forms with Western, nationalistic, Leftist, or religious trends. A quick glance at these trends can prepare the grounds for social and intellectual researchers because identifying socially active trends or understanding the grounds of future activities is highly dependent on intellectual trends that appeared in the recent century in Iran. This paper tries to have a quick glance at intellectual trends in contemporary Iran.

Modern-day organisations face rapid and continuous change. In order to deal with this rapidly changing and current hostile economic environment, most organisations have become increasingly dependent on a healthy and engaged workforce. As a result of the direct and indirect organisational costs associated with work wellness, the total well-being of the individual worker has become the focal point of many organisational interventions. Although work wellness is a multifaceted and continuously evolving concept, most studies have adopted either a pathological or a salutogenic (positive) perspective when examining the construct. Congruent with current thinking in vocational psychology, a balanced model of work wellness was conceptualised in this study, containing both salutogenic (work engagement) and pathological (burnout) constructs. Strong empirical support was found for the proposed balanced model of work wellness based on data collected from a sample of 854 employees working across various sectors of the South African economy.

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Decent Work Scale (DWS), a recently developed measure that assesses the psychological experience of the quality of one’s work life. The proposed five-factor structure was verified with a sample of 326 Turkish working adults. Consistent with previous research, a five-factor bifactor model showed best fit to the data. The results of multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed that the structure of the instrument was invariant across gender, income, and social class groups. Convergent and discriminant validity were supported by positive correlations with person–organization fit, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and work meaning and by negative correlations with withdrawal intentions. Evidence of predictive validity was obtained by regressing the five subscales on four outcome measures. These findings suggest that the Turkish version of the DWS can be used for assessing decent work among Turkish working...

Research rarely considers the combined influence of personality traits and values in predicting behavioral outcomes. We aimed to advance a germinal line of inquiry that addresses this gap by separately and simultaneously examining personality traits and physician work values to predict medical specialty choice. First-year medical students (125 women and 119 men) responded to measures of personality and physician work values. After graduation, participants' residency choices were identified. Results indicated that personality traits predict person-or technique-oriented medical specialty choice. Physician work values, whether used alone or in tandem with personality traits, however, did not significantly predict specialty choice. Implications for practice and research are discussed.

This article describes the rationale, development, delivery, and evaluation strategy of a pilot career intervention program for immigrant Latina/o high school students: Advocating for Latina/o Achievement in School. This innovative intervention aims to prevent dropout and to promote academic success and college and career readiness through a combination of academic support and enhancing critical consciousness. Shorter term goals include increasing school-related self-efficacy expectations, school connectedness, school engagement, and critical consciousness. We describe the theoretical and empirical basis for the intervention components, and how they attend to dimensions of immigrant Latina/o students’ career development. We describe program logistics, outcomes, strengths, challenges, and lessons learned from delivering the intervention. We highlight unique features of the program and suggest its relevance to career education efforts in other school and national contexts in which imm...

We test two models in which Latina/o students’ school connectedness partially mediates the relationship between barriers (discrimination experiences at school and other educational barriers, respectively) and thoughts of dropping out of high school. Results of a moderated mediator analyses in a sample of 896 Latina/o high school students were consistent with hypotheses. Latina/o students who reported greater frequency of discrimination experiences and those who reported greater frequency of other barriers that affect how they are doing in school were more likely to have thoughts of dropping out, and these relationships were attenuated by school connectedness. A hierarchical regression indicated that discrimination experiences, other educational barriers, and school connectedness each contributed unique variance to thoughts of dropping out. Findings highlight the salience of efforts to reduce discrimination in schools and enhance school connectedness as a potential protective factor ...

In this article, we discuss the integration of prevention science and vocational psychology for person- and system-focused prevention with a critical social justice agenda. More specifically, we focus on career development education as a potentially transformative primary prevention activity for increasing youth access to decent work and lives of well-being. We consider this as a critical agenda for two reasons. First, there are continued declines in the availability of decent work on a global level. In addition, youth who are marginalized by society are particularly vulnerable in competing for access to such dwindling opportunities and in thriving in communities and workplaces characterized by oppressive policies and practices. Building upon previous work in prevention and vocational psychology from a social justice perspective, we suggest that the psychology of working theory (PWT) can serve as a conceptual framework for developing and evaluating person- and system-focused prevent...

Our experience and almost all of our activities are centred upon how we perceive time. Individual’s perception of time and how it influences both mindfulness and happiness is an unexplored area. This study tries to find the fundamental relationship of Time Perception with Mindfulness and Happiness. 211 college students were selected using the convenience sampling method. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory Short Form and Subjective Happiness Scale were administered online using google forms. The data collected was analysed based on Pearson’s bivariate correlational research design. The relationship between the Future and Mindfulness was significant. Past Negative and Present fatalism were negatively correlated with Happiness. On the other hand, Past Positive Dimension and Future was found to have a substantial positive relationship with Happiness. Finally, suggestions based on the findings were discussed.

The main purpose of this study is determining the correlations between personality traits, academic mental skills and educational outcomes using a quantitative methodology, based on a non-experimental, correlational study. In addition, the following variables are taken into consideration: gender, grade averages and school cycle. The sample is composed of 695 students: these are two institutions (middle and high school) under the provincial direction of Mediouna. In order to gather the information, participants were asked to complete the 16pf 5 questionnaire and scale measuring academic mental skills. Note that the results obtained are processed by the IBM SPSS 23 software. The results demonstrate that the 16 personality scales of the Cattell 16PF5 test and the 9 school grades have significant correlations: 77.77% of all correlations, with essentially the following factors: abstractedness, tension, emotional stability, dominance, social-boldness, vigilance and apprehension maintain (...

Purpose Two main generational cohorts comprising students enrolled in medical schools today are Generation Xers (born 1965-1980) and Millennial students (born 1981-1999). A subset is Cuspars (born 1975-1980), who share traits with both generations. Population theorists ascribe different personal characteristics, attitudes, and preferences to each group. The authors examined whether selected characteristics describing Generation X and Millennial students were quantifiable using a personality measure. Differences among Generation X, Millennial, and Cuspar medical students were investigated. Method Eight hundred and nine medical students (399 females and 410 males) who matriculated between 1989-94 and 2001-04 at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine completed the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Differences in responses to the 16PF among the three generations were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results Analyses showed significant differences for Generation X versus Millennial students on 10 of the 16 personality factors. Millennial students scored significantly higher than Generation X students on factors including Rule-Consciousness, Emotional Stability, and Perfectionism; Generation X students scored higher than Millennials on Self-Reliance. Millennials also were significantly different from Generation Xers on several other factors. Significant differences were noted among Cuspars, Generation Xers, and Millennials. Conclusions The 16PF is a useful tool to examine differences among these groups and to help understand the factors that constitute their personalities. Given differences among the generational groups, the authors forecast possible educational implications for medical school academic affairs and student services, and suggest areas for future research.

In previous studies, calling mechanism as an adaptation result can be explained using the career construction theory (CCT) through the adaptive readiness and adapting response that employees have and do. However, this perspective has not accounted for external factors that might affect the adapting response impact on the formation of their calling. This study aimed at addressing this gap by using not only the CCT perspective but also the social exchange theory (SET) to see the relationship between proactive personality and individual calling through the roles of two mediators, namely job crafting and LMX. The research data were collected using an online survey involving active employees (N = 222) who have worked for at least one year in various banking industries. The data were analysed using a parallel mediation model analysis from Hayes (2017) with SPSS for Windows. The results show that proactive personality positively contributes to calling either directly or indirectly through ...

Assessment of character strengths became a focus of both research and clinical practice with the emergence of positive psychology at the beginning of the 21st century. The VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS), a selfreport instrument, has emerged as the primary instrument for measuring personal strengths and virtues. However, use of the instrument has been compromised by its 240-item length. This study created a briefer version consisting of 120 items, using the 5 items with the highest corrected item-total correlations. The new 120-item version demonstrated reasonable reliability and validity, based on three samples of people who completed the original VIA-IS and two additional samples who completed only the new developed short form.

Character strengths are positively valued personality traits that are assumed to be stable across time and situations, but also malleable due to cultivation or deliberate intervention. Also, studies showed that character strengths are robustly related to well-being. Consequently, character strengths have often been used in interventions aimed at increasing well-being. However, the stability of character strengths and the longitudinal relationships with well-being are widely unexplored: First, previous reports on the stability of character strengths have mainly focused on one assessment instrument only and second, they did not consider other indicators of stability (and malleability) besides rank-order stability, (i.e., mean-level stability). In this longitudinal study, we assessed character strengths and well-being at two time points and examined the stability and malleability of character strengths and the convergence of changes in character strengths and well-being by means of correlation analyses. Two samples (n1 = 601, n2 = 1162) completed different measures of character strengths and instruments for the assessment of well-being, ill-being, and health within up to three and a half years. Results showed that character strengths are stable over longer time periods (test-retest reliabilities ranging from rtt = .60-.83) and that relationships between changes in strengths and well-being are highly parallel to what has been reported in cross-sectional studies (strongest relationships for zest, hope, curiosity, and love). Furthermore, results suggest that some strengths, most predominantly humor, but also spirituality and prudence might be more amenable for change than others. These results might bear important information for selecting character strengths in interventions.

Politica publică atât la nivel național, cât și la nivelul UE este incoerentă. Pe de o parte, Organismele modificate genetic (OMG) sunt aproape interzise în UE, pentru a păstra biodiversitatea, pe de altă parte, se acordă subvenții în condiții care, indirect, conduc  în cele din urmă la scăderea biodiversității.
Subvențiile, deși destinate susținerii agriculturii, adesea creează dezechilibre pe piață. Aceste subvenții ajung preponderent la  marii agricultori, în timp ce producătorii mici se luptă să concureze în condiții care le sunt dezavantajoase.
Subvențiile UE au, de asemenea, un impact negativ asupra producătorilor agricoli din afara UE, creând o concurență neloială pe piața globală. Produsele UE subvenționate vândute în țările în curs de dezvoltare mențin economiile locale sărace, descurajând producția de alternative locale.
Preocupările legate de sănătate sunt centrale în reglementările stricte ale UE privind culturile modificate genetic (MG). În ciuda lipsei de dovezi substanțiale care să lege culturile MG de efecte adverse asupra sănătății, acestea continuă să se confrunte cu procese de aprobare atât de stricte încât, de facto, sunt aproape imposibil de utilizat.
Pe de altă parte, există dovezi ample că pesticidele, a căror utilizare ar putea fi redusă prin culturile MG, afectează negativ sănătatea umană. Prin urmare, adoptarea culturilor MG rezistente la dăunători ar putea reduce semnificativ utilizarea pesticidelor, atenuând potențial problemele de sănătate legate de expunerea la pesticide. Poziția legislativă actuală a UE asupra culturilor MG ar trebui reconsiderată în interesul sănătății publice pe care pretinde că o protejează.

Introducción. El estudio de la actividad investigadora es posible recurriendo a la cuantificación de determinadas variables presentes en los artículos publicados en las revistas científicas. Una vez cuantificadas obtenemos cifras que reflejan resumidamente las características de la actividad investigadora. Estas cifras las obtenemos a través de los Indicadores Cientimétricos. Se trata de un método objetivo y verificable, cuyos resultados son reproducibles, y que puede aplicarse a un gran volumen de datos, lo que hace posible la obtención de resutados significativos en los estudios estadísticos.Método. En el presente trabajo llevamos a cabo un estudio cientimétrico de la Psicología y Orientación Vocacional en España (1990-2008), a través del análisis de revistas científicas: Revista Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía, Bordón. Revista de Pedagogía, Revista de Investigación Educativa y Revista de Psicología General y Aplicada. De estos artículos, hemos seleccionado aquellos que h...

A central theme in the present study is the assumption that the influence on human behaviour is mediated by different internal processes in the career choice. Emotional intelligence is defined as a variable which is a cause for the relationship between personality traits and the choice of a certain career. Three causal paths to the dependent variable were trackeda path to the direct impact of the emotional intelligence on the career choice, a path to the influence of personality traits on the emotional intelligence as well as a path to the impact of personality traits on the career choice via the emotional intelligence. The aim of the study was to show the mediating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between personality traits and career choice. A total of 100 Bulgarian secondary and university students (42 males and 58 females), aged 17-40 years, were included in the research. The following measures were used for the purpose of the study-Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue-SF), The Big five questionnaire and the Big six method for career choices. The results showed that there was a direct positive impact of the emotional intelligence on the relationship between the enterprising type and conscientiousness, the artistic type and neuroticism and a negative impact on the relationship between the conventional type and extraversion. The conclusions derived from the study could be used for further psychological research in the field, as well as for enhancing the knowledge of one's personality.

The aim of this paper is to present present a moderator comparative analysis of the Big five personality factors and the Big six vocational interest domains in adolescence. A total of 208 Bulgarian secondary students (males and females evenly distributed), aged 17-19 years, were included in the study. The Big five questionnaire and the Big six method for career choices were administered, adapted for Bulgarian conditions by S. Karabelyova (Karabelyova, 2015). The results showed that there were significant direct and indirect effects between the Big five facets and the Big six interests. When examining variations in the different types of career choices, the following trends were identified: the most preferred types among adolescents were the artistic, the social and the investigative ones.

Proiectul investițional – Înființarea plantațiilor de prun, este îndreptat spre dezvoltarea întreprinderii propriu-zise, valorificarea avantajelor proprii în scopul producerii fructelor de calitate, generând fluxuri interne (în cadrul structurii organizatorice) de bunuri, cunoștințe, transferul de tehnologie etc. Conform analizei efectuate, proiectul investițional “Înființarea livezii de prun”, reprezintă o afacere profitabilă cu o perioadă de recuperare a investițiilor rezonabilă. Ca rezultat al calculării indicelui profitabilității (PI), valoarea acestuia la producerea prunelor, atinge o valoare de 1,037 adică fiind mai mare decât 100%, demonstrează capacitatea profitabilă a proiectului.

Achievement of a vocational identity is an important developmental task for individuals entering adulthood. The present study examined relationships between vocational identity statuses and time perspective in a sample of 165 emerging adults. Results of a canonical correlation analysis identified 2 interpretable variates. The 1st variate indicated that diffuse vocational identity status is associated with negative views of the past and lower orientation toward the future. The 2nd variate indicated that achieved vocational identity is associated with a largely hedonic view of the present, along with being mindful and less inclined to be fatalistic. These results suggest that differing views on time perspective accounts for some of the variation in different vocational identity statuses. Interventions based on time perspective may prove useful in helping individuals attain an achieved vocational identity. Future research should examine how time perspective relates to vocational identity status in individuals at later stages of career development.

The present study aims to explore the nature of age and sex differences in personality constructs throughout the young adulthood; particularly differences on personality traits and interpersonal problems, on the basis of the five-factor model and the interpersonal circumplex model. The sample consisted of 514 participants from Turkey, 257 of whom were male, and 257 were female whose ages varied from 18 to 35 (M = 24.92). To strengthen the study results, participants in the sample were individually matched on both sex and age; so that there were same number of females and males at the same age. Results indicated that men were stronger in terms of openness and hostile-dominance, whereas women were stronger in neuroticism and agreeableness traits. Regarding age differences, conscientiousness had a significant increasing pattern whereas hostile-dominance had a significant decreasing pattern with aging throughout young adulthood. Implications of the findings were discussed in line with the literature considering stability versus change debate, and gender issues in personality within a cultural and developmental context. Keywords Sex. Age difference. Young adulthood. Personality. Interpersonal problems Interest in the paradigm of personality has been growing, and leading to comprehensive investigations in various aspects of both normal and abnormal personality. Numerous models proposed to explain personality and personality psychopathology, among which the dimensional models mounted considerable progress (e.g., Big Five, Interpersonal Circumplex, Trait Model of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Personality construct have been examined in different contexts, and in relation to various factors; such as the effect of maturation, gender, and interpersonal, social, and cultural factors on personality traits (e.g., McCrae et al. 1999; Schmitt et al. 2008; Weisberg et al. 2011; Sullivan 1953). Nevertheless, there has been continuing debates on personality change across the lifespan, differential findings across the cultures, and a growing promotion of further research within the framework of dimensional models of personality (e.g., DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association 2013; Roberts et al. 2006b; Schmitt et al. 2008; Weisberg et al. 2011). The current study aims to investigate age and sex differences throughout young adulthood in personality traits and interpersonal behaviors. Two well-established dimensional models of personality, namely Big Five Model of Personality and Interpersonal Circumplex Models, grounded the framework of this study (Costa and McCrae 1985; Wiggins 1982). Since socially prescribed roles and values are closely related to sex and age-based differences in personality traits and interpersonal interactions (e.g., Eagly and Wood 1991), this

The present study focuses on the concept of decent work and its link to subjective well-being and aims to clarify the effect work meaning has on this relation. An online questionnaire containing measures of the three study variables as well as measures of job and life satisfaction was completed by a sample of 206 adults (M = 29.72, SD = 9.24) residing and working in the Netherlands but originating from 61 different countries around the globe. We use Hayes' PROCESS tool to run and analyze mediations (Hayes, 2017). Results indicate work meaning to be a mediator for the relationship between decent work and subjective well-being. We also find work meaning to mediate the relationship between decent work and job satisfaction and decent work and life satisfaction. Decent work is found to predict work meaning and work meaning to predict subjective well-being, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Results also show significant direct effects of decent work on job satisfaction, life satisfaction and subjective well-being. Inferring from our results, we propose that individuals who perceive their work as decent will experience higher subjective well-being, job satisfaction and life satisfaction as they will derive higher levels of work meaning. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Focusing on the aspect-based approach to person-environment (P-E) fit, the present research had two goals: first, to explore the relations among the aspects as reflected in their structure, and second, to examine the stability of this structure by comparing two aspect structures. To achieve these goals, the patterns of the intercorrelations among 43 aspects were analyzed and compared using two large data sets: the occupational data base of a computer-assisted career guidance system and the monitored dialogues of 2000 counselees using the system. Factor analyses revealed great similarity between the two aspect structures, with only a few notable differences. These results are discussed in the context of P-E fit theories.

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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my committee, who offered continual support and understanding throughout this process. To Dr. Judy Chartrand, Ms. Barbra Ann Frazier, Mr. Mark Rose, and everyone at Pearson Education, Inc. who made this project possible, thank you for providing me the opportunity to collaborate with you. I have never worked with a more kind, reliable, and helpful team of people. This project would not have been possible without your support. To Drs. Amy Claxton and Patrick Sylvers, I am so thankful for your help and guidance with data analysis. Your patience, help, and encouragement kept me motivated and helped move this project forward.

Applications of Item Response Theory require assessing the agreement between observations and model predictions at the item level. This paper compares approaches applied to polytomous scored items in a simulation study. Three fit-indexes are calculated: traditional chi-square index obtained by grouping examinees according to their estimated trait, an alternative that uses posterior distribution of trait and the third method, in which examinees are grouped according their observed total scores. Various conditions are simulated by manipulating test length (10, 20 and 40 items), number of categories (3, 4 and 5) and sample size (500, 1000 and 2000 examinees). Power and Type I error rates are described. Chi-square statistics based on posterior probabilities showed the best performance, especially with larger sample sizes and shorter test lengths.

Evoluția societății și a contabilității a impus noi cerințe și față de educația universitară contabilă. Rolul profesionistului contabil a evoluat enorm într-o entitate: de la un simplu operator care înregistra tranzacții economice spre un consilier strategic în administrarea unei afaceri, capabil să întocmească, interpreteze și să prezinte informațiile financiar-contabile într-o manieră clară pentru a facilita procesul decizional. În acest context, au sporit și exigențele față de educația contabilă de calitate. În acest articol am recurs la detalierea cerințelor față de educația universitară contabilă națională în convergență cu Standardele Internaționale de Educație. Studiul de față a inclus o analiză comparativă a conținutului planurilor de învățământ la specialitatea ,,

Investment activity in the Republic of Moldova is the most important factor that determines the socio-economic development of the country. Attracting foreign direct investments remains a current task, the effective solution of which depends on the progress, pace and results of the reforms carried out. Under the market economy conditions, a colossal number of foreign investments are required, but the volumes of foreign direct investments attracted, for the moment, do not meet the real needs of Moldova for foreign investments. The authors present a study of the indicators related to the international investment position of the Republic of Moldova vis-à-vis the real investment potential. The article is of interest both for establishing the action plan for the development of foreign direct investments and for informational support for potential foreign investors. The paper concludes with relevant proposals for the development of the investment potential of the Republic of Moldova.

With the purpose of contributing to the growing international research on social cognitive career theory (SCCT), this study examined Lent's (2004) social cognitive model of wellbeing in a sample of Turkish college students. Three hundred and three students completed a battery of questionnaires assessing trait positive affect, overall life satisfaction and domain-specific support, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, goal progress, and satisfaction. The results of a structural equation model revealed that the well-being model fit the data well and accounted for 66%, 61%, and 45% of the variance in academic goal progress, academic satisfaction, and overall life satisfaction, respectively. Furthermore, all hypothesized relationships were supported except for two paths (i.e., outcome expectations → goal progress, and positive affectivity → academic satisfaction). These findings extend previous research on the international applicability of social cognitive model of well-being and highlight the potential use of environmental support, self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations in the development of goal progress, academic and life satisfaction in a cultural context which is a blend of Eastern and Western cultural perspectives.

Focusing on the aspect-based approach to person-environment (P-E) fit, the present research had two goals: first, to explore the relations among the aspects as reflected in their structure, and second, to examine the stability of this structure by comparing two aspect structures. To achieve these goals, the patterns of the intercorrelations among 43 aspects were analyzed and compared using two large data sets: the occupational data base of a computer-assisted career guidance system and the monitored dialogues of 2000 counselees using the system. Factor analyses revealed great similarity between the two aspect structures, with only a few notable differences. These results are discussed in the context of P-E fit theories.

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