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The Relationship between Family Dynamics and Career Interests among Chinese Americans and European Americans

Frederick T. L. Leong

University of Tennesseefleong{at}utk.edu

Erika Ming-Chu Kao

Maricopa Integrated Health System

Szu-Hui Lee

Ohio State University

The purpose of this study was to explore the ethnic differences in family dynamics and career interests of European Americans and Chinese Americans and how these dynamics—cohesion, expressiveness, and conflict—influence one’s career interests. Significant ethnic differences in career interests were found. The Chinese Americans’ highest career interest was enterprising, whereas the highest for European Americans was social. Ethnic differences in family dynamics were also found, though opposite from hypothesized; Chinese Americans reported more family conflict, less cohesion, and less expressiveness than the European Americans. As acculturation level increased, the amount of reported cohesion increased, revealing significant effects of acculturation on family cohesion. Suggested salient role of family was evident. New implications for career assessment and career counseling of Asian Americans, particularly Chinese Americans, limitations of current study, and future research directions are discussed.

Key Words: Asian American • Chinese American • career interests • family dynamics

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 12, No. 1, 65-84 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072703257734
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