Gender Undertone in Occupational Competence of University Workers. An Application of Holand’s Theory (1959)

Abstract

This survey research investigated gender undertone in occupational of selected university workers. The participation comprise
two hundred and forty (240) male and female senior non-academic and academic university workers selected through stratified random
technique from the Federal University of Technology, Akure and Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Ondo state. The modified
self-directed search (SDS) developed by Holland (1985) was adopted for the study. The results showed that male workers were
significantly higher in realistic, investigative, enterprising and artistic competences while female workers faired better in social and
conforming competences.