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Occupational Aspiration Scale

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Description

A self-report instrument developed by Haller et al. for measuring secondary students' idealistic and realistic occupational aspirations across short- and long-range time periods using NORC occupational prestige scores.

Components

  • The Occupational Aspiration Scale (OAS) instrument: The OAS is a self-report instrument measuring secondary students' level of occupational aspiration, designed from the authors' LOA framework and the NORC occupational prestige rankings. The abstract describes it as "AN EASILY ADMINISTERED INSTRUMENT WHICH FOCUSES ON IDEALISTIC AND REALISTIC EXPRESSION LEVELS AS WELL AS ON SHORT RANGE AND LONG RANGE TIME GOAL PERIODS." Each stimulus question specifies both its expression level and its time-dimension period, and scoring uses NORC prestige scores. (Haller et al. (1963))

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Key Sources

  • Haller, Archibald O. and Miller, Irwin W. (1963). The Occupational Aspiration Scale: Theory, Structure and Correlates. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED016712
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description A self-report instrument developed by Haller et al.
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