Arab business administration students: attributes and career decision making self‐efficacy expectations

The present study was done to explore the predictive utility of self-efficacy expectations in career decision-making, vocational indecision, occupational preference and self-efficacy expectations, external orientation and instrumentality in the status of academic and career choice. A set of questionnaires was administered to 95 Qatari men, 145 Qatari women, and 89 Kuwaiti women and each sample was examined separately. Analysis indicated that, compared with women, men had higher mean preference and self-efficacy expectations regarding nontraditional occupations and they had lower preference and self-efficacy expectations regarding traditional occupations. Also, students who had decided on an academic major or career, compared with those who had made tentative decisions and the undecided, had higher scores on self-efficacy expectations in career decision-making, occupational self-efficacy expectations, and instrumentality, and lower scores on vocational indecision and external orientation. Results and implications are discussed in the context of the Arabian environment.

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Assessing and changing career decision-making self-efficacy expectations

Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1007/bf01323002 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 25-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Garrett J. McAuliffe

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Career Decision ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Efficacy Expectations

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The Relation of Self-Efficacy and Assertiveness to Willingness to Engage in Traditional/Nontraditional Career Activities

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1471-6402.1988.tb00929.x ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 91-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Dorothy D. Nevill ◽

Debra I. Schlecker

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Career Counseling ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Career Decision ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Nontraditional Occupations ◽

Nontraditional Career ◽

Efficacy Expectations ◽

Assertive Behavior ◽

Willingness To Engage

The relation of self-efficacy and assertiveness to the willingness of women to engage in traditional or nontraditional career activities was studied. One hundred and twenty-two undergraduate females took the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (Taylor & Betz, 1983) and the Assertive Behavior Assessment for Women (Osborn & Harris, 1975) and were asked to rate their willingness to engage in the career-related activities of ten traditional and ten nontraditional occupations for women. Strong self-efficacy expectations and assertiveness were related to the willingness to engage in the career-related activities of nontraditional occupations, but not traditional ones. However, regardless of level of self-efficacy or of assertiveness, women were more willing to engage in the career-related activities of traditional occupations. Implications of the results for career counseling are discussed.

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SEX, SEX-ROLE SELF-CONCEPTS AND CAREER DECISION MAKING SELF-EFFICACY AMONG ARAB STUDENTS

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.1995.23.4.389 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 389-401 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ikhlas A. Abdalla

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Sex Role ◽

Career Decision ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Sociopolitical Environment ◽

Three Samples ◽

Efficacy Expectations ◽

Arab Students

The present study was done to explore the relationships of sex and sex-role self-concepts with career decision-making self-efficacy expectations (CDMSE). A set of questionnaires was administered to three samples of Arab college students, which consisted of 95 Qatari men, 145 Qatari women and 89 Kuwaiti women. Results indicated that sex had a negligible effect on career decision-making self-efficacy, and instrumental (masculine) attributes had a considerably stronger positive relationship with career decision-making self-efficacy than expressive (feminine) attributes. In the three samples under study, androgynous and masculine self-concepts scored higher on career decision-making self-efficacy than undifferentiated self-concepts. Among Qatari men and Kuwaiti women, but not Qatari women, androgynous and masculine self-concepts were superior to feminine self-concepts. Results and implications are discussed in the context of Arab sociopolitical environment.

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