Career Beliefs Research Articles

Career Assessment: A Social Psychological Perspective

The application of social psychological principles to the therapeutic relationship has lead to the development of a theoretical model of social influence which proposes that counseling is a process of interpersonal influence. This article outlines the conceptualization of career assessment from a social influence perspective. An overview of the social influence model is provided with a relevant review of the applicable literature. A brief discussion of the role that assessment must play in the counseling relationship follows. The utilization of the Career Beliefs Inventory (Krumboltz, 1991) as a measure of client attitudes about the career development process is discussed within the context of the attitude change process. The author proposes that career beliefs are the attitude constructs of career choice as an extension of family drama and provides a case study to illustrate this position. Finally, suggestions for future research are offered within the context of current research on assessment within the career counseling relationship and the application of social influence principles to the career assessment and career development process.

Validating and using the Career Beliefs Inventory

Validating and using the Career Beliefs Inventory

Validating and Using the Career Beliefs Inventory

Validating and Using the Career Beliefs Inventory

Mapping the Nomological Network of Career Self‐Efficacy

This article examined the degree to which personality hardiness (control, commitment, and challenge), career beliefs (status, preference, motivation, and flexibility), self‐efficacy (general and social), and occupational choice status related to career self‐efficacy among a sample of 181 college juniors and seniors. Results from an intercorrelation matrix and regression analysis indicated that motivation, self‐efficacy, occupational choice status, and commitment correlated significantly to career self‐efficacy. Applications of these findings to career counseling are discussed.

Representing the process of changing jobs: A reaction to the conceptual framework for job change

I like the comprehensive number of factors included in the framework, I like the idea of using a metaphor to represent job change, and I like the job satisfaction formula presented in the framework. While I have difficulty matching the operation of a thermostat to the process of job change, I suggest that a similar metaphor involving a change in heating systems might provide a clearer analogy. The addition of career beliefs to the model would round out a useful way of conceptualizing job change.

Challenging Traditional Sex Role Stereotypes in Careers Education Broadcasts: the reactions of young secondary school pupils

Abstract The ways in which television presents images of male and female roles to the young have recently been subjected to much scrutiny and criticism. Educational television has the scope to contribute to changes in the balance of sex role portrayal but little is known of the likely effects of modifications. This paper reports an experimental study of young secondary school pupils’ reactions to careers education materials in which men and women are shown in occupations traditionally associated with the opposite sex. Children viewing counter‐stereotyped programmes are found to be no less stereotyped in their career beliefs than peers viewing a ‘traditional’ programme or controls who view no programme. The results are discussed in terms of the resilience of sex role and career beliefs in early adolescence and it is concluded that intervention attempts will need to be more extensive and more protracted.