The Effect of a Structured Group Experience on the Transition from the Role of College Student to the Role of Working Professional
| dc.contributor.advisor | Schlossberg, Nancy K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lyons, John C. | |
| dc.contributor.department | Counseling, Higher Education, and Public Education | |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, MD) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-01T15:52:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-01T15:52:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980-04-23 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a structured group experience on the transition of new college graduates from the role of student to worker. Fifty-seven subjects,who were employed in their first professional job upon graduating from college,were formed into an experimental group of twenty-nine and control group of twenty-eight subjects . A needs assessment identified ten behaviors which supervisors considered to be indications that a new employee was functioning as a worker rather than a learner. A twenty-two item questionnaire was developed which allowed supervisors to evaluate the degree to which their subordinates were performing the ten target behaviors . A second instrument containing seven items was developed which allowed subjects to report the degree to which they felt they were performing these behaviors . Data were collected from supervisors and subjects using these instruments both before and after treatment. Treatment consisted of a workshop having two components: 1) the presentation of the ten behaviors which supervisors had identified as being desirable, and 2) a structured approach to skill mastery which utilized fantasy, planning and problem solving. Post-treatment evaluations of subjects by supervisors were significantly higher than the corresponding pre-treatment evaluations, t (28) = 3.11, p < .01, providing support for the hypothesis that a structured group experience has a beneficial effect on the transition from the role of college student to the role of working professional. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/y3lw-tojd | |
| dc.identifier.other | ILLiad # 1596523 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/31238 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.title | The Effect of a Structured Group Experience on the Transition from the Role of College Student to the Role of Working Professional | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| local.equitableAccessSubmission | No |