The research is to perform the structural and adaptive analysis of the departmental adjustment in college students based -on Holland`s occupational personality theory, Dawis and Lofquist`s work adjustment theory. The research questions were formulate...
The research is to perform the structural and adaptive analysis of the departmental adjustment in college students based -on Holland`s occupational personality theory, Dawis and Lofquist`s work adjustment theory. The research questions were formulated as follows. (1) Does the structural congruence between student`s and major`s codes in Holland`s RIASEC types give rise to the student`s major adjustment? (2) Does the adaptive correspondence between student and major environment maintain to student? 5 major adjustment? (3) How does ~structural congruence and adaptive correspondence effect to student`s major adjustment? 412 departments(412 college students) among three universities in Pusan were sampled according to the major codes which were relatively representative of RIASEC types. Career Exploration Inventory for measuring the structural congruence and questionnaires for measuring the adaptive correspondence, departmental adjustment were tested for them. The results of the study were as follows. (1) The structural congruence between student`s and major`s codes in Holland`s RIASEC types is significantly related to the student`s major adjustment. (2) The adaptive correspondence between student and major environment maintain to the student`s major adjustment. (3) Both the structural congruence and the “adaptive correspondence theory are significantly related to predict student`s major adjustment.