RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PROGRAMMERS' BACKGROUND AND INTEREST CHARACTERISTICS: VOCATIONAL INTERESTS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS.

Abstract

Relationships of background information on educational level, college major, programming experience, type of programming application, job responsibility, occupational satisfaction, and relative salary to scores on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and additional background variables were analyzed for a national sample of computer programmers. Statistically significant relationships are reported showing consistent differences among business, scientific, software systems, and military systems programmers, with other relationships generally consistent with these differences. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 26, 1966
Accession Number
AD0636840

Entities

People

  • Dallis K. Perry
  • William M. Cannon

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.