Comparisons of self‐efficacy and expectancy models of occupational preferences for college males and females

Abstract

Expectancy models have related individual work values and the availability of desired rewards in different occupations to occupational preferences, while self‐efficacy models have stressed personal perceptions of individual capacities to perform in different occupations to occupational preferences. This study demonstrates support for both models, and indicates that these models have separate and independent relationships to occupational preference. Further analysis supports the contention that the perceptions of self‐efficacy may be an important factor in explaining sex differences in occupational preferences.

Increasing Career Self‐Efficacy for Women: Evaluating a Group Intervention

“…Career-related selfefficacy helps to explain how mediating cognitive processes formed by early learning experiences influence later occupational behaviors (Lent & Hackett, 1987). Substantiating these links are research findings supporting the relationship between career self-efficacy expectations and various indices of career development (Betz & Hackett, 1983;Blustein, 1989;Lent, Brown, & Larkin, 1984Robbins, 1985;Taylor & Popma, 1990;Wheeler, 1983). …”

“…Therefore, reducing cognitive barriers for women or, more specifically, increasing womens career-related self-efficacy , 1983 should facilitate womens career development. For counselors working with women in career counseling, it is important to find out if this theory can be translated into practice to increase career self-efficacy expectations in women.…”

“…The work of Hackett and Betz , 1983 has applied self-efficacy to understanding the career development process for women. They describe low self-efficacy as influencing the choice of career, performance in that career, and persistence in the face of obstacles and disconfirming experiences.…”

Self-Efficacy and Career Choice and Development

“…Occupational self-efficacy is clearly predictive of occupational and college-major choice , 1983, and is also predictive of academic achievement and persistence, albeit to a lesser degree. For achievement and persistence, assessment of self-efficacy with respect to more academically relevant variables, such as math or academic milestones self-efficacy, yields more predictive utility (e.g., Betz & Hackett, 1983;Lent et al, 1986;Schunk, Chap.…”

Meet Albert Bandura: the man and the scholar

“…Multon, Brown et Lent (1991) ont conduit une étude qui corrobore l'hypothèse selon laquelle, pendant les phases de préparation aux divers métiers, les convictions des étudiants en matière d'efficacité personnelle déterminent en partie leur taux de réussite dans la maîtrise des compétences sociocognitives se trouvant à la base de l'exercice de ces professions. Pour ce qui est du choix d'un métier, les jeunes adultes auront tendance à renoncer à des professions qui, selon eux, pourraient être intéressantes en termes d'avantages sociaux et de récompenses matérielles, s'ils estiment manquer du niveau d'efficacité requis pour satisfaire aux exigences des métiers concernés (Wheeler, 1983). D'autres études donnent à voir l'impact positif que les programmes de « maîtrise guidée » peuvent avoir sur la capacité des individus à faire face aux problèmes interpersonnels qu'ils rencontrent dans la vie professionnelle (Frayne & Latham, 1987 ;Latham & Frayne, 1989 (Kanfer & Hulin, 1985 ;Clifford, 1988).…”