Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · 1986 · 425 citations · 1 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyCareer ManagementIndustrial-organizational PsychologyPersonality PsychologyCareer ChoiceCareer Decision-makingCareer DevelopmentCareer PlanningOccupational ChoiceSelf-efficacyCareer Choice PredictionCareer Choice ProcessesCareer Decision-making Self-efficacyChoice Behavior AnalysisGender Differences In Self-efficacyGeneral Self-efficacySelf-efficacy In Career ChoiceSelf-efficacy Theory
This paper reviews the literature on applications of Bandura's (1977, 1982) self-efficacy theory to the career domain. After a description of the' utility of the self-efficacy construct in understanding the mechanisms affecting women's disadvantaged status in the labor force and the usefulness of career self-efficacy in building models predicting the occupational choice behavior of men and women, a review of the research on career self-efficacy is provided. Investigations of self-perceptions of efficacy in relation to occupational choices provide support for the major hypotheses derived from self-efficacy theory.
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The self system in reciprocal determinism.
Albert Bandura · American Psychologist · 1978 · 2.1K citations