Toward whole-person fit assessment: Integrating interests, values, skills, knowledge, and personality using the Occupational Information Network (O*NET).
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. These measures were either newly developed or adapted from existing assessments to directly correspond with occupational variables from the Occupational Information Network database. Across three studies with diverse samples, we obtained extensive reliability and validity evidence to evaluate the fit assessments. Results consistently showed that integrating across fit domains led to practical improvements in predictions of relevant outcomes, including career choice and subjective and objective career success. However, some fit measures (i.e., interests and knowledge) were generally more predictive of outcomes than others (i.e., personality), thus warranting greater consideration for use in research and applied contexts. We discuss how our results advance theoretical and practical knowledge concerning the measurement of person-occupation fit in the modern labor market. Moreover, to inspire additional research and applications involving whole-person fit measurement, we made all newly developed fit assessments publicly available, providing guidance for using them with the Occupational Information Network database. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
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The CABIN-NET is used to measure vocational interests in Liu et al. (2024).
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- Authors
- Liu, Z., Hoff, K. A., Chu, C., Oswald, F. L., & Rounds, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois at Springfield (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Lafayette College (US)
- Rice University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2025-05
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 623-647
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W4402360366
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 1
- FWCI
- 7.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- American Psychological Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education and Employability
- Keywords
- O*NET, career interest, work values, vocational skills, occupational knowledge, personality, career choice, career success
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Career Choice, Employment, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupations, Personality, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult
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