THE CAREER BELIEFS OF HOMELESS VETERANS - VOCATIONAL ATTITUDES AS INDICATORS OF EMPLOYABILITY

This study analyzes homeless veterans' career beliefs and suggests how these beliefs may limit their employability. Using the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI; Krumboltz, 1991), the vocational beliefs of 279 homel ess veterans were compared to those of two control groups: one employe d (N = 390), the other unemployed (N = 67). Even though the three grou ps had significant demographic, medical, and social differences, there were remarkable similarities in how they viewed employment. Further r esearch on how homeless veterans' vocational attitudes manifest into t angible behavior is required to substantiate the importance of the CBI results.