Career Exploration and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Storme ◽  
Pinar Celik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Career Options ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Environmental Exploration

This article investigated the moderating role of creative self-efficacy (CSE) on the relationship between career exploration and career decision-making difficulties among French undergraduate students ( N = 415). Drawing a parallel between the career decision-making process and the notion of creative problem-solving, we reasoned that career exploration without CSE—that is, the confidence in one’s own ability to solve original and complex problems—can be associated with career decision-making difficulties. Our study shows that among students who have low levels of CSE, environmental exploration, and self-exploration regarding career options are respectively associated with dysfunctional beliefs regarding one’s career path and general indecisiveness. We discuss the implications of the results.

Social Class Fragility and College Students’ Career Decision-Making at a Private University

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-129
Author(s):  
Keaton C. Muzika ◽  
Aaron Hudyma ◽  
Patton O. Garriott ◽  
Dana Santiago ◽  
Jessica Morse
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Interventions

The present study examined the role of social class in the career decision-making of undergraduate students attending a private university. Grounded theory was used to describe the process of social class and undergraduates’ career interests and plans. Interviews with undergraduate students ( N = 21) resulted in four categories and 13 axial codes. The grounded theory emerging from the data was labeled, social class fragility. Social class fragility captured the career goals and behaviors associated with participants’ striving for an acceptable career choice, based upon their social class contexts. The contextual factors described by participants included relational influences, social class consciousness, and vocational privilege. Results are discussed in terms of career interventions with college students attending universities that encapsulate upper middle-class norms.

Decision-making self-efficacy mediates the peer support–career exploration relationship

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huafeng Zhang ◽  
Haitao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Information ◽  
Distal Support ◽  
The Relationship

We explored the mediating effect of decision-making self-efficacy in the relationship between undergraduates' perceived career-related peer support and career exploration. Participants were 650 junior and senior undergraduates from 6 public universities in Shanghai, China. The key results were as follows: (1) career information and suggestion, emotional support, and peer role models were the 3 dominant factors of career-related peer support; (2) career-related peer support was positively and significantly correlated with career exploration; and (3) career decision-making self-efficacy mediated the relationship between career-related peer support and career exploration. Specifically, career information and suggestion and peer role models provided proximal and distal support, promoting individuals' career exploration not only directly but also indirectly through career decision-making self-efficacy. In comparison, emotional support from peers provided only distal support, promoting individual career exploration indirectly through career decision-making self-efficacy. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings, study limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

Role of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Risk of Career Options on Career Decision-Making of Chinese Graduates

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 625-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinghua Ye
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decisions ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Career Options ◽  
Different Levels

This study investigated the influence of Chinese graduates' career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) and the moderating effect of career options on career decisions. Graduates (92 men, 119 women, 5 unreported gender; M age = 22.3 yr., SD = 1.2) from four different types of universities in Zhejiang Province participated in the study. CDMSE was measured with the CDMSE Scale for University Students, and participants rated their choices on 3 career options with different levels of risk. The results showed that participants were more likely to choose a high-risk option, and that career options moderated the relation between graduates' CDMSE and career decision. Graduate career counseling programs should encourage students to develop more reasonable career goals that match their skills.

How Do Students Become Good Workers? Investigating the Impact of Gender and School on the Relationship between Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Career Exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7876
Author(s):  
Shi Chen ◽  
Huaruo Chen ◽  
Hairong Ling ◽  
Xueying Gu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Urban Schools ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Relationship

In the field of vocational psychology, career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) and career exploration (CE) are considered the crucial factors for developing a sustainable career. This study investigated the relationship between CDMSE and CE among Chinese high-school students, as well as the moderating effects of gender and school. From 2019 to 2021, 24,273 students from 13 different high schools were recruited in the study (male = 15,050, female = 9223; urban schools = 12,327, rural schools = 11,946). The results showed that (i) male students scored significantly higher than female students in both CDMSE and CE, (ii) students from urban schools scored significantly higher than students from rural schools in both CDMSE and CE, (iii) CDMSE positively predicted CE, and (iv) school moderated the relationship between CDMSE and CE, with the effect of CDMSE on CE stronger among rural school students; a moderating effect of gender was not found. These findings indicate that promoting CDMSE can lead high-school students, especially rural school students, to engage more in CE to ensure sustainable career development under the protean and boundaryless career orientation.

scholarly journals Perilaku eksplorasi karier, dukungan sosial, dan keyakinan dalam pengambilan keputusan karier SMP

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-239
Author(s):  
Lia Rossallina ◽  
Romini Agoes Salim
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Exploration Behavior ◽  
Social Support Scale

AbstractMany SMP students choose mayor because of their good marks. They are not interested in that field, they just follow what their friend chooses, follow their teacher recommendation, or follow their parent’s advice, but not doing career exploration in the first. This research intended to examine the role of career exploration behavior in mediating social support and career decision making self-efficacy. Data collected from a student in grades 8 and 9 (n= 142), with convenient sampling techniques. The measuring used in this study were Carrier Decision Making Self Efficacy-SF, Adolescent Social Support Scale, and Career Exploration Survey, that have been adapted to Bahasa. Regression analysis and Sobel test showed that career exploration behavior significantly mediating the relationship between social support and career decision making self-efficacy. Social support from a parent, teacher, and friend is a trigger to emerge the career exploration behavior, which finally forms the career decision making self-efficacy. Implications, limitations, and suggestions are discussed.Keywords: Career decision making self-efficacy; Career exploration behavior; Junior high school student; Social support AbstrakBanyak siswa SMP memilih jurusan karena nilainya memadai di bidang tersebut. Padahal belum tentu sebetulnya ia berminat, mereka hanya mengikuti pilihan teman, menuruti rekomendasi gurunya, ataupun mengikuti saran orang tua, tanpa melakukan eksplorasi karier terlebih dahulu. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji pengaruh perilaku eksplorasi karier dalam memediasi hubungan dukungan sosial dan keyakinan diri dalam pengambilan keputusan karier. Pengambilan data siswa kelas 8 dan 9 (n= 142), dengan teknik convenience sampling. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah Carrer Decision Making Self Efficacy-SF, Adolescent Social Support Scale, dan Career Exploration Survey, yang sudah diadaptasi kedalam Bahasa Indonesia. Hasil uji regresi dan uji Sobel menunjukkan perilaku eksplorasi karier signifikan memediasi hubungan dukungan sosial dan keyakinan diri dalam pengambilan keputusan karier. Dukungan sosial yang diterima dari orang tua guru, dan teman adalah pemicu munculnya perilaku eksplorasi karier, yang akhirnya membentuk keyakinan diri dalam pengambilan keputusan karier. Implikasi, keterbatasan penelitian, dan saran untuk penelitian selanjutnya didiskusikan.Kata kunci: Dukungan sosial; Keyakinan diri dalam pengambilan keputusan karier; Perilaku eksplorasi karier; Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama

scholarly journals Effect of Peer Attachment on Career Decision Making among Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 184-192
Author(s):  
Mahvish Fatima Kashif ◽  
Faiza Shaheen ◽  
Wajiha Amjad
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parental Attachment ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Peer Attachment ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

This study was an attempt to explore the effect of peer attachment on career decision making among undergraduate students. A sample of 528 undergraduate students of the education department was selected from public and private universities of Lahore through a stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire used for data collection was comprised of demographic information, career decision making self-efficacy developed by Betz, Klein and Taylor (1996) and inventory of peer and parental attachment developed by Armsden and Greenberg (1987) and revised by Gullone and Robinson (2005). Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between variables. An independent sample t-test was applied to determine the difference between the groups. The results showed that peer attachment has a significant effect on CDMSF.

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