Career self-efficacy expectations and perceived range of career options in community college students.

Abstract

The first purpose of the present study was to explore the relation of socioeconomic status (SES), race, gender, career self-efficacy, career interests, and sex role orientation to career-choice range in female-male, and non-gendcr-dominaled careers. The second purpose was to determine the relation of SES, race, sex role orientation, gender, and career interests to career self-efficacy. Results indicated that career interest and career self-efficacy expectations significantly predicted range of perceived career options above and beyond the contributions of the other dependent variables. Similarly, career interest and sex role orientation predicted self-efficacy expectations. Recommendations for future investigations of the career self-efficacy model of occupational choice as well as some possible applications of the findings to career counseling are made.

Self-Efficacy and Career Choice and Development

“…ethnic d.ifferences in the occupational self-efficacy of American racial! ethnic minority students (Hackett, Betz, Casas, & Rocha-Singh, 1992;Lauver & Jones, 1991;Noble, Hackett, & Chen, 1992;Post, Stewart, & Smith, 1991;Rotberg, Brown, & Ware, 1987). Four of these studies are addressed in this section; the fifth ) is discussed in the section describing research on the links between self-efficacy and academic achievement.…”

“…Second, a number of authors have attempted to improve on Betz and Hackett's (1981) original assessment procedure, for example, by providing job descriptions along with occupational titles (Clement, 1987), assessing self-efficacy for specific work tasks (Matsui & Tsukamoto, 1991;Rooney & Osipow, 1992), attempting to balance the level of traditional and nontraditional occupations, or offering gender-neutral occupational options (Rotberg et al, 1987). Although some of the alternate approaches to assessing career self-efficacy may serve to advance the knowledge base, research attention has not yet focused on the differences between, relationships among, or even potential advantages across, the various measuring devices.…”

“…Four of these studies are addressed in this section; the fifth ) is discussed in the section describing research on the links between self-efficacy and academic achievement. Rotberg et al (1987) explored the relationships among occupational self-efficacy, vocational interests, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) in a sample of community-college students. Their career selfefficacy instrument included gender-neutral occupations and an equal number of occupations at different levels (e.g., professional vs. skilled).…”

Self-Authorship and Women's Career Decision Making

“…Self-efficacy describes individuals' confidence in their ability to successfully accomplish specific tasks or behaviors (Bandura, 1977). In studies involving women, self-efficacy has been shown to predict the breadth of careers considered Creamer & Laughlin (Rotberg, Brown, & Ware, 1987), interest in nontraditional career fields (Betz & Hackett, 1981;Lent, Brown, & Larkin, 1986), and choice of a nontraditional academic major (Hackett, 1985).…”

Career Value Orientation of Psychology Students in Ho Chi Minh City

“…He finds that students who have high achievement-related motives and low anxiety personality tend to perform better in the courses relevant to their future careers (useful courses) than in the irrelevant courses. In his first study, the author finds that students with high achievement-related motives and low anxiety personality and enrolled with useful courses achieve much higher than their counterparts (Rotberg, Brown, & Ware, 1987).…”