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The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Proactive Personality on Career Decision Self‐Efficacy
Author(s) -
Hsieh HuiHsien,
Huang JieTsuen
Publication year - 2014
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.2161-0045.2014.00068.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , path analysis (statistics) , self efficacy , psychology , personality , psychological intervention , career counseling , sample (material) , clinical psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , medicine , population , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , environmental health , chromatography , psychiatry
This study investigated the relationship of family socioeconomic status and proactive personality to career decision self‐efficacy in a sample of 336 Taiwanese college students. The results of the partial least squares path modeling analysis showed that both socioeconomic status and proactive personality were positively associated with career decision self‐efficacy. These findings support person input variables as being predictive of career decision self‐efficacy and provide career counselors with insight into how to design career interventions for improving college students’ career decision self‐efficacy. Implications for career counseling and suggestions for future research are discussed.