ABSTRACT Young Latino males fare poorly in various measures of occupational outcomes compared to their peers. Identity development theory proposes that occupational outcomes are extensions of identity, and that school is a special context for the development of work skills, principles, and diligence. Given that Latino males have some of the worst educational outcomes of any US demographic group, understanding how school experiences shape their occupational identity development is critical to understanding their occupational outcomes. The study utilized a qualitative design to retrospectively explore the occupational identity development experiences in school of 20 young adult Latino males. Interviews were conducted using semistructured interviewing techniques. The study followed a constructivist grounded theory approach to generate a theory of how school experiences help shape occupational identity that also explains the divergence along working-class and white-collar occupational outcomes. Sixteen codes emerged from the data that, together, posit that the extent to which the participants felt academically adequate in school determined whether they accepted or rejected the school context in their occupational identity development, which in turn shaped their commitment to attending college after high school. The emergent theory is discussed to propose a more well-rounded theory into the occupational identity development of Latino males.

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拉丁裔男性职业认同发展理论：学校经历的作用

摘要 与同龄人相比，年轻的拉丁裔男性在各种职业成果指标上表现不佳。身份发展理论提出，职业成果是身份的延伸，学校是发展工作技能、原则和勤奋的特殊环境。鉴于拉丁裔男性在所有美国人口群体中的教育成果最差，了解学校经历如何影响他们的职业认同发展对于了解他们的职业成果至关重要。该研究利用定性设计回顾性地探索了学校 20 名年轻拉丁裔男性的职业认同发展经历。访谈采用半结构化访谈技术进行。该研究采用建构主义的扎根理论方法，产生了一个关于学校经历如何帮助塑造职业认同的理论，这也解释了工人阶级和白领职业结果的差异。数据中出现了 16 条代码，这些代码共同表明参与者在学校的学术水平决定了他们在职业认同发展中是接受还是拒绝学校环境，这反过来又塑造了他们高中毕业后上大学的承诺. 讨论了新兴理论，以提出一个更全面的理论来研究拉丁裔男性的职业身份发展。数据中出现了 16 条代码，这些代码共同表明参与者在学校的学术水平决定了他们在职业认同发展中是接受还是拒绝学校环境，这反过来又塑造了他们高中毕业后上大学的承诺. 讨论了新兴理论，以提出一个更全面的理论来研究拉丁裔男性的职业身份发展。数据中出现了 16 条代码，这些代码共同表明参与者在学校的学术水平决定了他们在职业认同发展中是接受还是拒绝学校环境，这反过来又塑造了他们高中毕业后上大学的承诺. 讨论了新兴理论，以提出一个更全面的理论来研究拉丁裔男性的职业身份发展。