Decision-making style and vocational maturity

This study examines the relationship between decision-making style, scholastic achievement, and vocational maturity for college students. A positive relationship between a rational decision-making style and the multifaceted construct of vocational maturity has been inherent in much theory and has provided the basis for most practice. The hypothesized relationship between rationality and attitudinal and cognitive maturity was not supported by the results reported here. Only a combination of the scholastic achievement variable and a lack of dependent decision style was found to be even moderately predictive of vocational maturity. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.