The Relationship of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity, and Career Exploration Behavior in African American High School Students

This study explores the relationship between the social cognitive construct of career decision-making self-efficacy and the outcome variables of vocational identity and career exploration behaviors in a sample of 72 urban African American high school students. The results indicate that higher levels...

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Published inJournal of career development Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 19 - 28
Main Authors Gushue, George V., Scanlan, Kolone R. L., Pantzer, Karen M., Clarke, Christine P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.09.2006
SAGE Publications
Subjects
African American Students
Career Choice
Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale
Career Exploration
Decision Making
High School Students
My Vocational Situation
Self Concept
Self Efficacy
United States (Northeast)
Urban Youth
adolescent
career exploration
multicultural
career development
African American/Black
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Summary:This study explores the relationship between the social cognitive construct of career decision-making self-efficacy and the outcome variables of vocational identity and career exploration behaviors in a sample of 72 urban African American high school students. The results indicate that higher levels of career decision-making self-efficacy are related to both a more differentiated vocational self-concept and to greater engagement with career exploration activities. Implications for career guidance and future research are discussed.
ISSN:0894-8453
1556-0856
DOI:10.1177/0894845305283004