What Is the Super Career Test?
There are many transitions during the life of a person. While progressing through adulthood, career changes may mark some of the most profound. D.E. Super's theory of career development is intended to analyze why people make the career choices they do.
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Identification
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The Super Career Test can be any test or experiment that seeks to analyze, refine or challenge Super's career development theory. In fact, according to "The Journey of Adulthood, 6th Ed.":
"Vocational tests that use Super's theory include the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI), the Career Development Inventory (CDI), and the Work Values Inventory (WVI)." Lying in contrast to many theories contemporary to its development in the 1950s, Super's theory relies more on a dynamic and individualized approach to changing between careers.
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While previous theories of career transition observed consistent life patterns in career transition, Super argued that personality and subjectivity had more influence. Instead of stages of career development progressing toward a specific end, he believed people may actually revert to earlier stages of development. In this sense, according to Queensland University's Roslyn Smart and Candida Peterson, each person's professional life can theoretically be as unique and unconventional as the next and can be equally fulfilling.
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Considerations
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Testing or experimentation typically involves a study of several categorized groups in different stages of career development or transition. They are studied for their responses to new environments, job satisfaction and other criteria. Depending on the experiment, there may be a control group to compare against the active subjects of the study. While still subject to scientific scrutiny, Super's theory has achieved some level of sustainability amongst analysts.
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