Linking Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Outcome Expectations, Interests, Career Goals, Self-Efficacy, Social Support, and Barriers in Singapore: A Social Cognitive Career Theory Study
Tejas Gupta,
Ibrahim H. Yeter,
Michael Khoo
Abstract:The present paper assessed the attributes that could influence career decisions among undergraduate engineering students in Singapore. The social cognitive career theory (SCCT) was employed as the theoretical guideline for the investigation. This paper was directed by three main research questions: (1) How do self-efficacy (SE), outcome expectation (OE), social support (SS), barriers (BR), and interests (IN) affect career decisions among engineering students? (2) How do SS, OE, SS, BR, IN, and career goals (CG… Show more
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