A further investigation of major field and person-environment fit - Sociological versus psychological interpretations of Holland's theory

Students whose dominant personality type was incongruent with the academic environment in which they majored gained about equally in abilities and int erests pertinent to that environment as did students whose dominant persona lity type was congruent. Results are interpreted in terms of a socializatio n dynamic being more prevalent than a personality dynamic. Comparisons are made with an earlier, related study that presented ostensibly contradictory results.