scholarly journals Effects of Computer-Assisted Career Decision Making on Vocational Identity and Career Exploratory Behaviors

1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Cheng Mau
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Career Decision Making

Career Decision-making of Czech Students in the Period of Emerging Adulthood

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-52
Author(s):  
Lucia Kvitkovičová ◽  
Jana Máchová
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
School Students

The study deals with the issue of career development of Czech emerging adults and in this context, it draws attention to research marginalisation of secondary vocational schools students. It focuses on the analysis of factors resulting from the type of study which can contribute to the facilitation of the career decision-making process. The research goal was to determine the role of the type of the study and work experience in the career decision-making process of Czech emerging adults. 194 university students and 116 secondary vocational school students between the ages of 18 and 21 responded to the questionnaires of vocational identity and questionnaires investigating awareness of self-efficacy in career decision-making. Linear regression showed that students’ work experience influences the strength of their vocational identity and that career relevance of this work experience is related to the level of selfefficacy in career decision-making. The type of study didn’t prove to be an important factor. The study results highlight the role of work experience in the process of career decision-making. Due to the inclusion of a specific research group—secondary vocational school students—it also enriches the knowledge of the career identity development in the period of emerging adulthood in the Czech Republic. In the conclusion practical implications, limits of this study and suggestions for the further research are discussed.

Do Clients' Problem-Solving Appraisals Predict Career Counseling Outcomes or Vice Versa? A Reanalysis of Heppner, et al.

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1159-1166
Author(s):  
Dong-Gwi Lee ◽  
Hyun-Joo Park ◽  
Mary J. Heppner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Counseling Clients

Using Heppner, et al.'s data from 2004, this study tested career counseling clients in the United States on problem-solving appraisal scores and career-related variables. A cross-lagged panel design with structural equation modeling was used. Results supported the link between clients' precounseling problem-solving appraisal scores and career outcome. This finding held for career decision-making, but not for vocational identity. The study provided further support for Heppner, et al.'s findings, highlighting the influential role of clients' problem-solving appraisals in advancing their career decision-making processes.

The Development of the CASVE-CQ: A CIP Perspective on Assessing Decision-Making Progress

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272199931
Author(s):  
Brianna Werner ◽  
Emily Bullock-Yowell ◽  
Richard Mohn ◽  
Melanie Leuty ◽  
Eric Dahlen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Adult Sample ◽  
College Student Sample ◽  
Cognitive Information

The CASVE-Cycle Questionnaire (CASVE-CQ) was developed to assess career decision-making progress and operationalizes the Cognitive Information Processing Theory’s CASVE Cycle decision-making approach. Development occurred across three unique studies. In the pilot study’s college student sample ( N = 323) and initial adult sample ( N = 427), two exploratory factor analyses supported a theoretically consistent six-factor solution. A confirmatory factor analysis in the second adult sample ( N = 342) confirmed the factor structure, resulting in a 42-item measure with six subscales. A second-order factor analysis assessed the utility of a CASVE-CQ total score. Consistent with theory, this model did not converge, and a total score for the CASVE-CQ was not supported. Supporting the validity of the CASVE-CQ as a decision-making progress measure, greater decision-making activity in each phase/subscale was associated with lower career decision-making difficulties, stable vocational identity, and greater career commitment. Continued test development steps and theory, research, and practice implications, are discussed.

scholarly journals The Impact of Study Abroad Experiences on Vocational Identity among College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia F. Kronholz ◽  
Debra S. Osborn
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Vocational Identity ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Information ◽  
The Impact

This article presents a study with the purpose to determine preliminary findings regarding the effect of a study abroad experience on vocational identity and career decision-making as defined by Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory (Sampson et al., 2004). 

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