L. Russeisenschenk et Gj. Neimeyer, THE STABILITY OF VOCATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION, INTEGRATION, AND CONFLICT - A REPLICATION AND EXTENSION, Journal of career assessment, 4(3), 1996, pp. 299-314
Kelly's (1955) repertory grid has been applied in vocational counselin
g and research for over 30 years, enjoying a number of adaptations tha
t have had a documented impact on the structural measures it yields. T
his study reports, for the first time, the reliabilities associated wi
th three structural scores derived from various forms of the vocationa
l reptest. In general, across the three factors studied (i.e., type of
construct used, favorability of occupations considered, and sex of th
e test taker), 1-week test-retest reliabilities were moderately high f
or measures of vocational differentiation (r = .73), integration (r =
.75), and conflict (r = .85). Nonetheless, the range of reliabilities
for various forms of the reptest indicated considerable variability, a
lerting the counselor and researcher to the likelihood that different
forms of the vocational reptest may yield differentially stable measur
es.