WHITE RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AND WORK VALUES

Contemporary approaches to career development emphasize the psychologi cal and developmental dimensions of the task. This study suggests not only that consideration of race should form an integral part of that p rocess but also that race too needs to be understood in a psychologica l and developmental way. While some claim that constructs associated w ith both racial identity theory and career development measure aspects of a client's personality, virtually no research has explored the rel ation between these two perspectives. In this test using a White sampl e (N = 109), a canonical analysis revealed a significant relation betw een the psychological variables of ''racial identity'' and ''work valu es'' consistent with the theory of White racial identity development. Suggestions for future research are considered. (C) 1994 Academic Pres s, Inc.