ERIC Number: EJ739413
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 21
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The Role of Personality and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in the Career Choice Commitment of College Students
Wang, Naitian; Jome, LaRae M.; Haase, Richard F.; Bruch, Monroe A.
Journal of Career Assessment, v14 n3 p312-332 2006
This study investigated the effects of personality and career decision-making self-efficacy on progress in career choice commitment in a sample of 184 college students. It was hypothesized that self-efficacy would mediate the relationship between neuroticism and extraversion and career choice commitment. Results revealed significant differences between White students and a composite group of students of color on the study variables. For White students, self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between extraversion and career choice commitment, whereas for students of color, a partially mediated model fit the data in which neuroticism and extraversion were related to career choice commitment directly and indirectly through self-efficacy. The results of this study are discussed in terms of the implications they might have for career theory and research. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Career Choice, Decision Making, Self Efficacy, Undergraduate Students, White Students, Structural Equation Models, African American Students, Asian American Students, Hispanic American Students, Career Development, Extraversion Introversion
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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