Occupational daydreams, in vocational psychology dictionary

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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology

Occupational Daydreams

Proposed by Holland (see Holland, 1997), occupational daydreams are the occupations that an individual considers at any given time, and are therefore similar if not identical to possible vocational selves. They are also similar to expressed interests. Holland, Daiger, and Power (1980) included a section in their My Vocational Situation measure that asked the respondent to list occupations that they were considering at the moment that serves as a published assessment of occupational daydreams, but of course anyone could easily assess the construct by simply asking a client which occupations they are considering. Occupational daydreams have been found, when translated into Holland codes and the results averaged, to correlate well with interest inventory results that take much longer.

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