Evaluating a metacognitive and planned happenstance career training course for taiwanese college students

Abstract

This study used a pretest-posttest, nonequivalent control group, quasi experimental design to examine the effectiveness of a 12-week, metacognitive and planned happenstance career training course for Taiwanese college students. The treatment groups significantly increased their career competencies in metacognitive, cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions over the comparison and nonequivalent control groups.

A Moderated Mediation Model of Planned Happenstance Skills, Career Engagement, Career Decision Self‐Efficacy, and Career Decision Certainty

“…However, the future cannot be predicted with any dependable degree of certainty. In recent years, it has been increasingly reported that unplanned influences such as chance events affect individuals' career decision making (e.g., Betsworth & Hansen, 1996;Bright, Pryor, & Harpham, 2005;Chien, Fisher, & Biller, 2006;McKay, Bright, & Pryor, 2005;Pryor & Bright, 2007;Williams et al, 1998). Therefore, helping clients to develop the skills to recognize, seize, and utilize the various alternative career opportunities seems far more important a role for career counselors than merely requiring clients to state a goal (Krumboltz, 2009;Mitchell et al, 1999).…”

The Planned Happenstance Career Inventory: A Cross‐Cultural Comparison

“…Although planned happenstance theory was initially formulated in an individualistic culture (Krumboltz, 2009), existing empirical and conceptual research about the theory largely deal with samples from collectivist cultures such as Korea, Japan, or Taiwan (Chien, Fischer, & Biller, 2006; Hirschi, 2010; B. Kim, Jang, et al, 2014). Cross‐cultural studies are therefore needed to determine whether planned happenstance skills are universal constructs that are applicable regardless of culture or whether they are cultural phenomena that vary across different cultures (Q. Hu et al, 2014; Milfont, & Fischer, 2015; Nye, Roberts, Saucier, & Zhou, 2008).…”

Tolerance of Uncertainty: Links to Happenstance, Career Decision Self‐Efficacy, and Career Satisfaction

“…Second, our study empirically supports HLT. Most previous writings have focused only on theory with little empirical analysis, although research interest in happenstance skills has been increasing in the career development area (Borg, Bright, & Pryor, ; Chien, Fischer, & Biller, ; F. K. Lee & Johnston, ). The present study strengthens HLT by offering an empirical test of its key construct.…”