The roles of work and family in men's lives: Testing the social cognitive model of career self-management

We examined the differential roles that career decision-making self-efficacy and the Big Five traits of neuroticism, extroversion, and conscientiousness may play in relation to career decision status and decisional difficulty. Following assumptions of the social cognitive model of career self-management, we hypothesized that the relations of the personality traits to level of decidedness and choice/commitment anxiety (CCA), a key source of indecision, would be mediated by self-efficacy. We also examined the possibility that the traits could function to moderate the relation of self-efficacy to the dependent variables. Employing a sample of 182 undergraduates, we found support for a mediational model in which each of the personality traits relates to self-efficacy which, in turn, predicts CCA and decidedness. In addition, conscientiousness was found to moderate the relation of career decision-making self-efficacy to CCA, and extroversion moderated the relation of self-efficacy to decidedness. We consider the findings in relation to the social cognitive model and discuss their implications for future research and career decision-making interventions.

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Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span.

Journal of Counseling Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0033446 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 557-568 ◽

Cited By ~ 261

Author(s):

Robert W. Lent ◽

Steven D. Brown

Keyword(s):

Life Span ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Cognitive Model ◽

Self Management ◽

Social Cognitive Model

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The Social-Cognitive Model of Transference

Current Directions in Psychological Science ◽

10.1111/1467-8721.ep10774744 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 109-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Susan M. Andersen ◽

Michele S. Berk

Keyword(s):

Social Cognitive ◽

Cognitive Model ◽

The Social ◽

Social Cognitive Model

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Characterization of Basic Education Teachers Based on the Social Cognitive Model of Job Satisfaction

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) ◽

10.1590/1982-4327e2811 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Maély Ferreira Holanda Ramos ◽

Fernando Augusto Ramos Pontes ◽

Simone Souza da Costa Silva ◽

Edson Marcos Leal Ramos ◽

Daniela Couto Guerreiro Casanova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Collective Efficacy ◽

School Environment ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Basic Education ◽

School Context ◽

Cognitive Model ◽

Quantitative Research Methods ◽

The Social ◽

Social Cognitive Model

Abstract Teachers’ job satisfaction and the factors that contribute to it are important in the school context as theycanaffect teachers’ motivation and performance. This study aims to identify the dimensions associated with the degree of satisfaction amongbasic education teachers based on the Social Cognitive Model of Teacher Job Satisfaction and the degree of collective teacher efficacy. This study applied quantitative research methods to a sample of 495 basic education teachers within a network of private schools in three Brazilian states. The results indicate that positive affect and life satisfaction were the factors most strongly associated with job satisfaction. There was no association between efficacy beliefs (self-efficacy and collective efficacy) and job satisfaction. Elementary school teachers had the most negative perceptions of teaching. Specific aspectsof the school environment, such as a lack of student discipline, may have contributed to this result.

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