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Social Cognitive Predictors of the Career Goals of Korean American Students
Author(s) -
Kelly Kevin R.,
Gunsalus AeJung Chang,
Gunsalus Robert
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.tb00170.x
Subject(s) - social cognitive theory , ethnic group , psychology , variance (accounting) , career development , identity (music) , outcome (game theory) , social psychology , sociology , physics , accounting , anthropology , acoustics , business , mathematics , mathematical economics
Limited empirical study of the career development of Asian Americans in general and Korean Americans in particular has been conducted. The authors present the results of a theory‐based exploration of the career goals of Korean American university students in which ethnic identity, self‐efficacy, outcome expectations, and career interests were used to predict goal intentions for science and nonscience careers. Outcome expectations and career interests predicted a moderate amount of variance in science career goal intentions and a moderate to large amount of variance in nonscience career goal intentions. Korean American students' career goal development seems similar to that of American college students.