Pathways to Occupational Attainment Among Poor Youth of Color

By Matthew A. Diemer. 2009

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Stereotype threat as a barrier to women entering engineering careers (2017, methodology): “Following similar frameworks for critical consciousness raising (Diemer, 2009; Olle & Fouad, 2015) with the inclusion of self-efficacy for political action (Diemer & Rapa, 2016) could prepare women entering college to feel equipped to manage barriers and promote personal agency and persistence.”
Development and Validation of the Critical Consciousness Scale (2017, background): “…& McWhirter, 2006), engagement with one’s future career among urban (Diemer et al., 2006) and poor or working-class youth of color (Diemer et al., 2010), and, when measured during adolescence, the attainment of higher-paying and more prestigious occupations in early adulthood (Diemer, 2009).”
Critical Consciousness and Vocational Development Among Latina/o High School Youth (2016, background): “Consciousness of and motivation to reduce sociopolitical inequality during high school accounted for significant variance in vocational expectations and adult occupational attainment 8 years later (Diemer, 2009) and had direct and indirect positive effects on work salience and vocational expectation”
Best Practices in Conceptualizing and Measuring Social Class in Psychological Research (2013, background): “For example, Diemer (2009) cross-walked nominal occupational titles (e.g., dentist, truck driver) to numerical values on the Nakao and Treas (1994) index of occupational prestige (in this example—96 and 30).”
Moving Toward Decent Work: Application of the Psychology of Working Theory to the School-to-Work Transition (2021, background): “…with low socioeconomic status shows that high levels of critical consciousness are associated with positive educational and work outcomes such as career development (McWhirter & McWhirter, 2016), occupational attainment (Diemer, 2009), and work salience and expectations (Diemer et al., 2010).”
Expanding the Impact of the Psychology of Working: Engaging Psychology in the Struggle for Decent Work and Human Rights (2019, methodology): “…have been examining the nature of CC, developing tools to assess it, and designing interventions to foster growth in people’s capacity to understand the nature of political and social forces that shape their lives (e.g., Diemer, 2009; McWhirter & McWhirter, 2016; Watts, Diemer, & Voight, 2011).”