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The Role of Career Barriers in High School Students' Career Choice Behavior in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Tien HsiuLan Shelley,
Wang YingFen,
Liu LingChun
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2009.tb00112.x
Subject(s) - social cognitive theory , psychology , career development , self efficacy , multilevel model , china , cognitive information processing , social psychology , career counseling , applied psychology , political science , machine learning , computer science , law
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of career barriers in social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994). The participants were 584 high school students in Taiwan, Republic of China. The gender differences in perceived career barriers and career self‐efficacy were significant. Results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that some of the perceived career barriers were significant in predicting individuals' career choice behavior after controlling for career self‐efficacy in certain career types.