A cross-cultural study of the career maturity of Korean and United States high school students

The present study aimed at conducting a cross-cultural comparison of career maturity between Korea and the United States. First, a Korean version of t he Career Attitude Maturity Inventory (CAMI) was constructed. Then, an Engl ish version parallel to that Korean version was formed following three stag es of procedure; translation, back translation, and field study. Finally, h igh school students of 11th grade from two different cultures (331 from Kor ea and 266 from the United States) were administered to the CAMI. Results i ndicated that constructs of career maturity are similar across two cultures with no gender differences. However, it was found that the level of maturi ty for those constructs was culture-bound. Those findings were discussed in cultural aspects of the development of career maturity.