The career decision-making competence: a new construct for the career realm

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ceschi ◽  
Arianna Costantini ◽  
Susan D. Phillips ◽  
Riccardo Sartori
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Heuristics And Biases ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Career Processes

Purpose This paper aims to link findings from laboratory-based decision-making research and decision-making competence (DMC) aspects that may be central for career-related decision-making processes. Past research has identified individual differences in rational responses in decision situations, which the authors refer to as DMC. Although there is a robust literature on departures from rational responses focused on heuristics and biases (H&B) in decision-making, such evidence is largely confined to group-level differences observed in psychology laboratories and has not been extended to the realm of career development and workforce behavior. Design/methodology/approach By first introducing the concept of DMC and contextualizing it within organizations and the work environment, the paper outlines a review on recent development concerning debiasing interventions in organizations and provides insights on how these may be effective with regard to organizational performance and individual career development. Findings The contribution presents a perspective to improve knowledge about career decision-making competence (C-DMC) by presenting an approach linking decision-making research to interventions aiming at managing H&B and systematic misperceptions in career processes. Originality/value This contribution is one of the few linking decision-making research to the applied context of organizations and of career competences. Moreover, while some research has treated decision-making skills as traits, this contribution provides support to consider them developable as competencies.

Career adaptability of South Korean engineering students

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 469-488
Author(s):  
Sunyoung Park ◽  
Su Yeong Park
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of mastery goal orientation, support for career development, career decision-making self-efficacy and engineering interest in career adaptability for engineering students. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 307 Korean engineering students from two universities. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data and examine the relationships among the variables. Findings The results indicated that the level of mastery of goal orientation and support for career development significantly affected career decision-making self-efficacy. Engineering students’ career decision-making self-efficacy also positively influenced their engineering interests and career adaptability. Finally, the students’ engineering interest positively affected their career adaptability. Originality/value This study demonstrated that important factors for career planning and development need to be successively considered during the career choice process by linking it to career decision-making self-efficacy, engineering interest and career adaptability (career choice action), in consecutive order.

Career Decision-Making Processes of Young Adults With First-Episode Psychosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1016-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christa Boychuk ◽  
Rosemary Lysaght ◽  
Heather Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Vocational Programming ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The first episode of psychosis often emerges during young adulthood, when individuals are pursuing important educational and career goals that can become derailed because of the development of major impairments. Past research has neglected the developmental nature of employment and education decisions that young adults with first-episode psychosis make within the context of their lives. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to advance a model of the career decision-making processes of young adults with first-episode psychosis, and the influences that affect their career decision-making. The career decision-making of young adults with first-episode psychosis emerged as a multistaged, iterative process that unfolded over three phases of illness, and was affected by several internal and environmental influences. These findings suggest the phase of illness and career decision-making stage should be considered in future vocational programming for young adults with first-episode psychosis.

Understanding the Career Development of Underprepared College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber N. Hughes ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Underprepared College Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the career development of underprepared college students using relational career theory. Specifically, the constructs of family influence, locus of control, and career decision-making self-efficacy were explored as they relate to perceived success in college. Significant correlations between external locus of control and family expectations, financial support, and values and beliefs were found indicating that greater family influence is related to external control. Additionally, higher levels of career decision-making self-efficacy were related to internal locus of control and informational support from family. These findings support previous research as well as theorized relational career theory connections.

scholarly journals Does conformity occur during students' decision making for their careers?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Putri Fathia Fadilla ◽  
Sri Muliati Abdullah ◽  
Mingchang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
The Right ◽  
Effective Contribution

Students between ages 13 to 18 years old are exposed to have career development assignments of life focused on the education field such as choosing majors or career fields. Students see career decision making is always accompanied by feelings of doubt, uncertainty, and even stress. In the end, students make their choice on careers by just following the decisions of their peers, which is not necessarily the right decision for them. Their decision taken can lead to career success. The purpose of this study to determine the effect of the conformity of students' decision making for their careers. The quantitative research methods are used where the samples are 136 students of class XII. Data are obtained from the Likert scale instrument and analyzed using regression analysis. The result shows there is influence between conformity and students’ decision making for their career. The findings of the research are the categorization score of conformity is in high category with 60.29%, while the variable of career decision making is in the low category with 54.41%. Thus, the coefficient value is -0.573 (p<0.01) with an effective contribution of 32.9% and the remaining is 67.1% is determined by other variables, which are not considered in this research. This shows that the higher of conformity, so the lower of career decision making in the class XII students. Hence, this study is essential to provide a view on the importance of career decision making abilities that will affect the students' future.

scholarly journals Lecturer Career Management at Muhammadiyah Higher Education in the Era of Pademi Covid-19 (Case Study at UM Jember)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Saipul Wakit ◽  
Ainur Rhain
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Professional Management ◽  
Evaluation Phase ◽  
Planning Development

The large number of lecturers in Indonesia is clear evidence that there is still a large number of people who choose lecturers as their profession and career. So that the career of a lecturer in a university requires serious and professional management. One of the lecturers' career management processes in tertiary institutions can be done with career management. The purpose of this study has concrete objectives, namely to identify and describe the planning, development and career decision-making processes of lecturers at Muhamamdiyah university in the Covid-19 Pademi Era. The research method used a qualitative approach with a case study design at UM Jember with data collection techniques through interviews, observation and documentation. Lecturer career management at the University of Muhammadiyah during the Covid-19 pandemic includes several stages, namely career planning, career development and career decision making. Each of these stages has an operational process with its own methods and objectives. In lecturer career planning, it is divided into two, namely individual and organizational career planning which consists of several processes, namely the planning phase, the briefing phase, the development phase and the evaluation phase. Of all the stages of career management during the Covid-19 pandemic above, starting from planning, development and decision making, it is not much different from the conditions before the pandemic. But what distinguishes it is in terms of the career development method which in its implementation uses an online system with virtual methods, geogle meet and room zoom.

Beyond Logic and Intuition: Development and Validation of a Career Discernment Scale

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484531989782
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Yip ◽  
Haoxiong Li ◽  
Ellen A. Ensher ◽  
Susan E. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Advice Seeking ◽  
Decision Making Factors

Past research on career decision-making has focused on two distinct modes of decision-making: logic and intuition. In this study, we extend that two-system model of career decision-making and examine the role of two additional decision-making modalities: advice seeking and spiritual discernment. We conducted two independent studies through which we develop and validate a Career Discernment Scale by examining its dimensions and internal reliability (Study 1), followed by research to establish discriminant and convergent validity (Study 2). Results provide initial support for the dimensionality and reliability of four distinct career decision-making factors, demonstrated by a clear factor structure and internal consistency. In addition, our results show evidence of convergent and discriminant validity through expected correlations across a nomological network of individual differences. Overall, this article highlights the unique role of spirituality and advice seeking in career decision-making with implications for career development and practice.

scholarly journals Career decisions of Indian female talent: implications for gender-sensitive talent management

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-335
Author(s):  
Nicole Böhmer ◽  
Heike Schinnenburg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Career Decisions ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Indian Context

PurposeTalent scarcity in emerging economies such as India poses challenges for companies, and limited labour market participation among well-educated women has been observed. The reasons that professionals decide not to pursue a further corporate career remain unclear. By investigating career decision-making, this article aims to highlight (1) the contextual factors that impact those decisions, (2) individuals' agency to handle them and (3) the implications for talent management (TM).Design/methodology/approachFollowing a qualitative research design, computer-aided analysis was conducted on interviews with 24 internationally experienced Indian business professionals. A novel application of neo-institutionalism in the Indian context was combined with the family-relatedness of work decisions (FRWD) model.FindingsCareer decisions indicate that rebellion against Indian societal and family expectations is essential to following a career path, especially for women. TM as part of the current institutional framework serves as a legitimising façade veiling traditional practices that hinder females' careers.Research limitations/implicationsInterviewees adopted a retrospective perspective when describing their career decisions; therefore, different views might have existed at the moment of decision-making.Practical implicationsDesign and implementation of gender-sensitive TM adjusted to fit the specific Indian context can contribute to retaining female talent in companies and the labour market.Originality/valueThe importance of gender-sensitive TM can be concluded from an empirical study of the context-based career decision-making of experienced business professionals from India. The synthesis of neo-institutionalism, the FRWD model and the research results provides assistance in mapping talent experiences and implications for overcoming the challenges of talent scarcity in India.

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