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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology
Compatibility
An important construct in Gottfredson's (1996) theory of circumscription and compromise, compatibility refers to the degree to which individuals view an occupation as being suitable for them. Presumably, a sense of compatibility arises from perceiving a minimum distance between the image of an occupation (in a cognitive map of occupations) and their image of themselves (projected into the same map). Thus, compatibility is similar to the concepts of congruence (Holland, 1997), correspondence (Dawis, 1996), and person-environment fit.
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