Title: Faculty of Education
1 - Faculty of Education
- Additional Qualifications
- Module 02
- Part 02
- André Samson Ph.D., c.o.
2Overview of the Presentation Part 2
- 3. Hollands Typology
- 3.1 Origin of the theory
- 3.2 Principles of the theory
- 3.3 An interactive approach
- 3.4 Career stability and transition
- 3.5 Distortions
- 3.6 Description of the Hollands Typology
- 3.6.1 Development of personality types
- 3.6.2 Personality Types
- 3.6.3 Hypothesis related to personality
types 3.6.4 Predictions - 3.7 Types of environments
- 3.7.1 Hypothesis
- 3.7.2 Workplace typologies
- 3.7.3 Personalities and the workplace
33. Hollands Typology
- Introduction
- John L. Holland, an American psychologist who
obtained his Ph.D. from the University of
Minnesota - He ended his career as an emeritus professor at
John Hopkins University - In 1959, John L. Holland started to develop his
theory
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- Introduction
- John L. Holland is the creator of the primary
theory relating to career choice - He constantly developed and improved his theory
throughout his long successful career - John L. Holland took pride in developing a theory
that is simple and easy to apply - This theory is very popular among practitioners
and researchers and is widely used in the career
counselling field
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3.1 Origin of the Theory
- Holland elaborated his theory based on his
experience as an academic and career counsellor - His experience allowed him to determine how
individuals can be regrouped into different
categories based on their vocational types - Other authors had already identified different
psychological types, like Jung (1933) and Adler
(1939) - Holland (1997) also established a classification
of various workplace environments in relation to
his typology. According to him, human behaviour
depends on both the individuals personality and
characteristics of their environment - Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Ressources,
Inc, Lutz Florida.
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3.2 Principles of the Theory
A) Vocational choice is an expression of
personality
?Vocational choice is not only a reflection
of specific aspects of personality
?This type of choice expresses who the person is
as a whole. For example, it is
important to consider their history, their
perception of reality and their social
context
B) The interest inventories are inventories of
personality
?Vocational preferences are expressions of
personality ?Individuals chose an
occupation based on their knowledge, their
personality and their aptitudes
?Therefore, vocational choice is greater than
simply using certain abilities within a
specific context. It is also a lifestyle, a way
of being ?Vocational choice is the
actualisation of personality as a whole
Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc,
Lutz Florida.
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3.2 Principles of the Theory
C) Vocational stereotypes
?A number of stereotypes are attached to
various professions. Perception of
professions differs according to age, experience
and social status. ?Most psychometric
assessments do not take into consideration
these different perceptions. ?Individuals
could be influenced to stop their vocational
choice based on stereotypes that are
more or less valid ?It is important for a
vocational choice to be made based on a realistic
perception of various professions
D) Members of a same profession share personality
types and individual stories that are similar
?According to Holland (1997), individuals
cease to make a vocational choice because
of their personality and their personal
history ?In other words, particular demands
inherent to certain professions attract
individuals that share similar aspects when is
comes to the development of their traits
Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc,
Lutz Florida.
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3.2 Principles of the Theory
E) Similarities found in a vocational group play
a role in the creation of a specific work
environment
?According to Hollands theory (1997),
certain vocations attract similar
personalities ?Consequently, the grouping of
common personality traits contributes to
the elaboration of a workplace climate that
reflects the amalgamation of individuals
F) Vocational satisfaction, its stability and its
development are directly attributed to the degree
of congruence between the individuals
personality and the workplace environment
?Workplace performance depends on its
setting. In other words, a workplace
environment has to meet the expectations of a
certain personality type. ?
Congruence between the individuals personality
and their workplace environment is
conducive to harmonious career
development
Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc,
Lutz Florida.
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3.3 An Interactive Approach
- This is an interactive approach. Holland (1997)
established links between various workplace
contexts, individuals personalities, the career
choice process and its development - The goal of this interaction is to achieve a
state of congruence between - Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc,
Lutz Florida.
The Individuals Personality
Their Career Choice
Their Workplace Environment
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3.4 Career Stability and Transition
- According to Holland (1997), stability is the
norm - Individuals have a tendency to opt for
occupations that will allow them to achieve a
level of vocational congruency - According to Holland (1997), society does not
promote career change, rather it constitutes a
force of inactivity - In other words it encourages stability
- However, social changes can create a certain
evolution when it comes to career choice for
example, equality between men and women in the
workplace - Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc,
Lutz Florida.
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3.5 Distortions
- Holland (1997) notes that different variables can
influence the dynamic of his theory - These variables risk limiting the various choice
possibilities. For example - Ethnicity (racism surrounding a particular group)
- Geographical orientation
- Social class
- Physical handicaps
- Holland, John L. (1997). Making Vocational
Choices. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc,
Lutz Florida.
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3.6 Description of Hollands Typology 3.6.1
Development of Personality Types
- Family influences, to a certain degree, the
development of personality types. For example, a
family that promotes artistic abilities, could
favour the development of an artistic type
personality - Parents can also pass on some hereditary
characteristics that can influence the
development of certain personality types - Also, the family unit is a member of a certain
social context. This social context can also
participate in the development of certain
personality traits
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3.6 Description of Hollands Typology 3.6.2
Personality Types
- Since the concept of careers is fundamental to
the individuals personality, Holland first
divided the population into six principle
personality types - He then based his division of the groups on the
innate and acquired behaviours of individuals.
Artistic
Enterprising
Realistic
Investigative
Social
Conventional
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Realistic
Conventional
Investigative
Enterprising
Artistic
Social
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Realistic
? Like to
work with their hands, possess manual
aptitudes ? Rather conformist, ambitious,
practical, self-aware and conventional
? They look for specific suggestions in a
counselling setting ? Do not
easily express their emotions, instead they
prefer talking about activities
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- Values and career objectives
- Possess traditional values and prefer to work
within an institutional setting - Have many ambitions and see the practical side of
things - Rather close minded when it comes to changing
their belief system or their values
- Vocational preferences
- Prefer concrete occupations (e.g. carpentry)
that are relatively solitary and do require a lot
of interaction with people - Their range of interests are relatively
restricted. They limit their relations and seek
people who share the same values, interests and
beliefs as they do
Realistic
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- Problem solving
- They use their belief system and their practical
abilities to solve problems - They prefer concrete and practical solutions, as
opposed to strategic, intellectual or academic
explanations
- Self-perception
- They see themselves as possessing technical
abilities. They like to work with their hands,
either with mechanical equipment or electronics - They are conscious of their interpersonal limits,
which is why social obligations are frustrating
to them. This is also true for intellectual tasks
- They have low self-esteem. However, they do feel
competent when it comes to their technical
abilities
Realistic
183. Hollands Typology
? They like research in
various forms ? Avoid repetitive
activities ? Prefer contexts that
solicit their intelligence and require
answers ? Prefer to chose their
career path alone
Investigative
193. Hollands Typology
- Values and career objectives
- Their values influence them to seek academic
activities where they can feel a sense of
autonomy and personal independence - They are intellectuals who like logic and can be
ambitious. Their belief system is open - However, family, security and friendship are
values that are less important to them
- Vocational preference
- Prefer activities that require observation,
systematic investigation of natural, biological,
cultural, medical or technical phenomenons - They seek to understand and control what is
happening - This type does not invest much in social or
interpersonal activities
Investigative
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- Problem solving
- Use their intellectual abilities and their
knowledge research to solve problems at work or
elsewhere - Grant importance to reflection and the gathering
of information - Have a tendency to neglect the emotional aspects
of certain situations
- Self-perception
- Conscious of their intellectual abilities. They
see themselves as curious, analytic and having
multiple interests - They do not try to persuade others, since this
often frustrates them - They have a relatively high self-esteem
Investigative
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Artistic
? Like
activities that allow freedom, and that are
not systematic ? Belief system is open, not
rigid at all ? Intuitive, impulsive and
uncoordinated ? Do not like to have
structure in a counselling setting
? Emotions are very important
for them when making a career choice
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- Values and career objectives
- Believe aesthetics are very important. They have
an expressive, courageous and imaginative
personality - Avoid conformity and servility
- Belief system is very open open to new ideas
and to the feelings of others
- Vocational preference
- Prefer artistic activities and avoid conventional
type activities - Like to socialise with people who have similar
values and belief systems as they do, and avoid
people who do not
Artistic
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- Problem solving
- Perceive the problem from an artistic angle
- Their personality traits dominate the abilities
they use to problem solve. In other words,
intuition, expression and originality
- Self-perception
- See themselves as expressive, open, original,
intuitive, non conformist, uncoordinated and
introspective - Conscientious of their artistic and creative
abilities. However, conventional activities could
frustrate them.
Artistic
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? Like working with people in an
educative or curative
setting ? Avoid manual labour
? Have abilities in social relations ?
Idealists, they want to help by getting engaged
socially or politically ? Have a
tendency to talk a lot, this can be a challenge
for the counsellor
Social
253. Hollands Typology
- Values and career objectives
- Like to serve others in a medical, institutional
or community setting - Want to help and believe in equal opportunities
- Are not attracted to the world of ideas or logic
- Find spiritual values important
- Vocational preference
- Prefer occupations with social requirements
- Avoid more realistic type activities
- Associate with people who share similar values
and beliefs as they do
Social
263. Hollands Typology
- Problem solving
- Use their competences and social abilities to
solve problems - Perceive problems through a human or relational
perspective
- Self-perception
- See themselves as liking to help and understand
people. Aware of their teaching abilities - Avoid abstract activities or activities that
require patience and precision - Belief system is relatively open. Moderately high
Self-esteem
Social
273. Hollands Typology
Enterprising
- Like working with people
- mainly with the goal of
- organising or leading
- ? Like to succeed economically and
politically - and can sometimes seem overly confident
- ?They are energetic,
extraverted, - exhibitionists and optimistic
-
- ? Are looking for both
- power and money
- ?Can be impatient
- with the career
- counselling
- process
283. Hollands Typology
- Values and career objectives
- They have a traditional belief and value system
- Strive to become leaders and manage others
- They are very ambitious
- They take pride in their physical appearance and
aim to climb the social ladder
- Vocational preference
- Prefer activities that put their business skills
to work - Like to develop in the business world
- Avoid activities that require research or
investigative work. Prefer to be with people who
share similar values and beliefs as they do
Enterprising
293. Hollands Typology
- Problem solving
- Measure problems based on their influence
- Their traits for business and competition
dominate their problem solving skills
- Self-perception
- Perceive themselves as aggressive, popular and
having good social skills. Are conscious of the
fact that intellectual abilities or abstract
concepts do not interest them - Have high self-esteem and get frustrated then
they have limited influence - They have a closed belief system
Enterprising
303. Hollands Typology
? Prefer to manipulate data
in a systematic way ? Like
activities that are well-defined and have a
limited sense of initiative ? They are
conservative, inhibited, practical and
perseverant (accounting type) ? Organized
people but they rely heavily on others ?
An environment that is too free may frustrate them
Conventional
313. Hollands Typology
- Values and career objectives
- Believe traditional values are very important.
Want to lead a comfortable life - Give value to financial and business success
- Like institutional settings. Do not give much
consideration to the imagination - Very closed belief system
- Vocational preference
- Prefer conventional type activities like
accounting, finances or administration - Avoid artistic type activities
- Like to be with people who are similar to them
and avoid people who are different
Conventional
323. Hollands Typology
- Problem solving
- Use their competencies to resolve problems
relating to their workplace - Conform to rules and procedures that are
currently established. Try to elaborate practical
solutions in an orderly way - Trust authority and seek its opinion
- Self-perception
- Perceive themselves as orderly and conformists
- Conscious of their competencies in administrative
work and their lack of artistic abilities - Low self-esteem
Conventional
333. Hollands Typology
3.6 Description of Hollands Typology 3.6.3
Hypothesis Related to Personality Types
- A person does not only belong to one type
- There are variants and a multitude of
possibilities - Generally, an individual has one dominant type
- The personality type determines career choice
- A clear personality type helps to determine
professional satisfaction
Social
Artistic
Enterprising
34RIASEC Conceptual Model
Realistic
Investigative
Conventional
Artistic
Enterprising
Social
35Realistic
- Veterinarian
- Doctor
- Mathematician
- Architect
- Biologist
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Pilot
- Electrician
- Truck driver
Investigative
Artistic
- Dancer
- Musician
- Designer
- Writer
- Actor
- Secretary
- Mail man/woman
- Cashier
- Typist
- Accountant
Conventional
- Lawyer
- Manager
- School Principal
- Judge
- Seller
- Counsellor
- Nurse
- Social worker
- Teacher
- Librarian
Enterprising
Social
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37Study Careers preferred by doctors in their 1st
year and doctors that are graduating
383. Hollands Typology
ADAPTS TO THE PHYSICAL WORLD THAT SURROUNDS US
Intellectual orientation
Action orientation
Functional orientation
Creative/ expressive orientation
Social/ altruistic orientation
Social/ dominant orientation
ADAPTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
ADAPTS TO PEOPLE
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3.6 Description of Hollands Typology 3.6.4
Predictions
403. Hollands Typology
3.7 Types of Environments 3.7.1 Hypothesis
- There are different types of environments
- An environment is not homogeneous and perception
can greatly differ from one person to another - Depending on the type, each environment has
specific demands, offers various possibilities
and is mainly constructed of one type of person - Therefore, depending on the environment and the
dominant type, certain values will dominate and
will stimulate the development of abilities
413. Hollands Typology
3.7 Types of Environments
Realistic Environment
Artistic Environment
Investigative Environment
- Encourages scientific problem solving
- Encourages research and requires conceptual and
analytical competencies - Requires autonomy, ability to work alone and to
be self-motivated - Human relations are secondary in this environment
- Requires mainly physical or manual abilities
- Presence of machinery or tools that require some
type of manipulation - Requires technical, manual or physical
competencies and abilities
- Individuals benefit when they have room to
manoeuvre and to manifest their creativity - Does not follow social norms or conventions
- Likes to work in a non-structured environment
423. Hollands Typology
3.7 Types of Environments
Social Environment
Conventional Environment
Enterprising Environment
- Promotes flexibility and mutual comprehension
- Individuals like to help others
- People and human values are very important
- This type of environment centers on the
well-being of individuals
- Bureaucratic setting, rules govern day to day
activities - Constant management and organisation
- Individuals need to manage and convince in order
to increase profits - Risk taking, but constant remuneration
- Setting that put a certain importance on
appearance
433. Hollands Typology
3.7 Types of Environments 3.7.3 Personalities in
the Workplace
- The combination of personality types and their
work environment allows us hypothesise that - A certain type of environment attracts a certain
type of person - A harmony between the two types promotes
stability and satisfaction - A particular type of environment promotes certain
behaviours - An organisation that is well portrayed promotes a
high degree of engagement - Important to encourage a high level of congruence
between the individual and their workplace
environment - Congruence allows integration and career
development among individuals
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