scholarly journals Career Maturity, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Career Indecision: A Review of the Accrued Evidence

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Ann Prideaux ◽  
Peter A. Creed
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Maturity ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Career Decision Making

scholarly journals Difficulties in Career Decision Making and Self-Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 608-635
Author(s):  
Shagini Udayar ◽  
Nimrod Levin ◽  
Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler ◽  
Shékina Rochat ◽  
Annamaria Di Fabio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Inconsistent Information ◽  
Lack Of Information

This meta-analysis examined the association between two types of difficulties in career decision making—indecision and indecisiveness—and four types of self-evaluations: generalized self-efficacy, process-related self-efficacy, content-related self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Analyses were conducted on data from 86 studies ( N = 54,160): Process-related self-efficacy showed stronger negative associations with career indecision than did generalized self-efficacy, content-related self-efficacy, or self-esteem. In contrast, self-esteem showed stronger negative associations with indecisiveness than with career indecision. The second part of this meta-analysis focused on differential associations between two types of self-evaluations (process-related self-efficacy and self-esteem) and the three major clusters of difficulties in career decision making (lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information). Based on 19 studies ( N = 7,953), the findings showed that process-related self-efficacy was strongly and negatively associated with lack of information and inconsistent information. In contrast, self-esteem was only weakly related to the three major clusters of difficulties in career decision making. In showing that each type of self-evaluation was more strongly associated with certain types and causes of difficulties in career decision making, the present article highlighted the importance of self-evaluations in the career decision-making process.

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