What Do Employers Want? [microform] : Functions, Knowledge, and Characteristics Desired of Professional Psychologists / Arthur A. Dole and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5443425
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Dole, Arthur A
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984
- 16 p.
- Summary:
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In a time when job opportunities are changing, the opinions of those who hire and supervise psychologists are important. To determine employer preferences in psychologist selection, 105 Philadelphia administrators completed a survey (39% response) rating the importance of various functions, areas of knowledge, and personal characteristics for professional psychologists. Factor analysis of the respondents' ratings of the three categories yielded the following "essential" components: six function factors (vocational, therapy, clinical appraisal, supervision, consultation, and bio-behavioral); two characteristics factors (innovative and treatment-oriented); and six knowledge factors (psychodiagnosis, applied learning, vocational, developmental knowledge, quantitative research methods, and biological areas). The pattern of correlations were further reduced into a practitioner-oriented and a scientist-oriented grouping. These findings are consistent with national studies of counseling and clinical psychology and as such have important implications for education, graduate students, and employers. A table shows the details of survey results. (Author/BL)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (Baltimore, MD, April 12-15, 1984).
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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