The theoretical outline, according to our background model (Lempert [2009]), suggests that vocational identity mediates the effects of occupational environments on vocational performance and therefore potentially provides a rich characterization of how apprentices perceive and act.
Our theoretical design further predicts that associations between the characteristics of occupational environments and vocational performance are mediated by the more fundamental motivational qualities of learners' vocational and workplace identities (see Figure 3).
Good coping strategies to overcome ADHD symptoms, adaptation of occupational environments, and supportive family structures can further mask impairments [ 13].
The challenge of the occupational environment also received significant new federal attention in the early 1970s.
The person interacts with the social structures of the occupational environment ("interaction" here refers to the person's contact and communication with his or her surroundings, comprising several cognitive operations).
The study of the occupational environment has indeed been very fruitful.
Although results of this study cannot be directly compared with ex-vivo assays, other authors have assessed the hazardous potency of this occupational environment.
Although the prevalence and intensity of exposure may be declining in North America and Europe [ 26], it is likely that such industrial activities are relocating to developing countries, where regulation of the occupational environment tends to be less stringent.
Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, educational level, country of birth and occupational environment.
The study questionnaire elicited the following data: Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, educational level, country of birth and occupational environment.
