Vocational Decision Making Among Women: Implications for Organizational Behavior

Brief, Arthur P.; Sell, Mary Van; Aldag, Ramon J.

doi:10.5465/amr.1979.4498329

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“…pay, social contacts, achievement fulfillment), and the perceived desirability (or valence) of these outcomes to the individual. Brief, van Sell, and Aldag (1979) have integrated the expectancy-valence model with Super's (1963;1969) vocational self-concept theory in accounting for individual differences in vocational decisionmaking processes. Brief et al (1979) argued that an individual's vocational self-concept is a result of the anticipatory socialisation process (e.g.…”

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“…Brief, van Sell, and Aldag (1979) have integrated the expectancy-valence model with Super's (1963;1969) vocational self-concept theory in accounting for individual differences in vocational decisionmaking processes. Brief et al (1979) argued that an individual's vocational self-concept is a result of the anticipatory socialisation process (e.g. Feldman, 1976;Terborg, 1977;van Maanen, 1975) during which the individual forms expectations about jobs before entering an organisation.…”

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“…Central to the application of both valence model (Brief, van Sell, & Aldag, 1979) and self-efficacy theory to career decisionmaking, is the concept of individual socialisation process. In the context of organisational behaviour, two obvious factors which might impact on employees' socialisation processes are employee sex and the duration of employment with the organisation.…”

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“…In the context of the valence model, Brief et al (1979) argued that male and female employees experience different anticipatory vocational socialisation processes and hence develop differential vocational expectations.…”

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“…These findings, therefore, suggest that different organisational socialisation due to varied length of employment would lead to the formation of differential preconceptions about leadership. According to Brief et al (1979) as well as Hackett and Betz (1981), the differential socialisation process would also result in different valence and self-efficacy expectancies about leadership. The study further ascertained whether length of service would have a significant association with overall leadership aspirations, valence and self-efficacy expectancies, as well as leadership attributions.…”

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The Relationship Between Employee Sex, Length of Service and Leadership Aspirations: A Study from Valence, Self‐Efficacy and Attribution Perspectives

Singer

1991

Applied Psychology

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This study explores employees' leadership aspirations within the theoretical frameworks of valence model, self-efficacy model and attribution theory. The relationship between employee sex, length of service and leadership aspirations were also explored. Altogether 152 professionals in middle management completed a questionnaire assessing (a) overall leadership aspirations, (b) valence and instrumentality expectancies of 13 leadership outcomes, (c) three self-efficacy expectancies, and (d) attributions about effective leadership. The results showed that employees with less than two years service had significantly higher overall leadership aspirations, as well as Requests for reprints should be Sent to M. Singer, ment at Christchurch for their assistance in this project. Thanks are also due to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on earlier versions of this paper. @

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Section: Group Differences In Leadership As Pi Rationsmentioning

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1991

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The role of self‐esteem in the career development of adults

Milburn¹

1986

New Dir Adult Contin Educ

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Self-esteem is of undeniable importance in vocational decision making, yet it is not generally emphasized as a primary issue in the career counseling of adults. It is true that certain developmental theories stress the importance of self-concept and self-esteem in occupational choice, but in practice, especially when working with adults, career counselors help clients examine interests, aptitudes, values, and personality characteristics and apply the results to the marketplace. Clearly, these factors are important considerations, but the individual's self-esteem plays a major role in how these assessed traits will be utilized in vocational decision making. One purpose of this chapter is to explicate what is known about the role of self-esteem in adult career development and to suggest how vocational counselors can apply this information to better assist their clients.The second purpose of this chapter is to discuss the destructive potentials of linking occupational success with self-esteem. Current economic conditions are making success as it is traditionally defined more and more difficult for the average person to achieve. It follows, then, that basing self-esteem on vocational success alone will result in negative selfevaluations for large numbers of people. Although undeniable and very potent, the link between self-esteem and vocation must be diminished via the counseling setting. Therefore, I suggest ways career counselors can J. V. Miller, M. L. Musgrove (eds.). Issucs in Adult Cairn Counseling. New Directions lor Continuing Edugtion, no. 32. San Francisco: JowyBass. Winter 1986

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