Career Decision-Making Profile Research Articles

Boosting Career Success: Innovative Behavioral Measures for Guiding Saudi Secondary School Graduates

This study developed and validated a comprehensive behavioral measure for career guidance among secondary school graduates in Saudi Arabia, aiming to integrate soft skills, personality traits, attitudes, and cognitive factors to fill gaps in existing career guidance frameworks. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 814 secondary school students (M_age = 16.47) from diverse urban (n = 407) and rural (n = 407) settings in Saudi Arabia. Multigroup latent profile analyses (LPA) were employed to identify distinct career decision-making profiles among students. The study explored whether urban and rural students exhibited different patterns of engagement in career guidance behaviors. Three distinct engagement profiles were identified: high, moderate, and low engagement, consistent across both settings. High engagement profiles were characterized by high self-efficacy, proactive career exploration, and low anxiety, linked to better career decision outcomes and greater satisfaction with career guidance. Variance analysis using the Games-Howell post hoc test was conducted to compare the profiles based on key behavioral measures such as self-efficacy, career exploration behavior, and anxiety. To further understand the contextual factors influencing these profiles, a multinomial regression analysis examined the impact of teacher support and resilience on career guidance engagement levels. Results indicated that higher levels of teacher support and resilience significantly predicted membership in high engagement profiles. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating behavioral components into career guidance programs, particularly those tailored to address the specific needs of urban and rural students in Saudi Arabia, ultimately supporting the broader educational and workforce development goals of Vision 2030.

The tour guide profession: An attractive option for UAE nationals majoring in tourism?

The UAE is targeting the tourism sector as part of its drive to diversify away from an overdependence on oil and is seeking to attract more nationals to the tour guide profession. The purpose of this research is to assess what factors influence the likelihood of Emirati tourism students considering this vocation. A model that incorporates Career Decision-Making Profile and Arabian Gulf Social Contract dimensions was developed. Survey results ( n = 186) show that the nature of the job is considered attractive and, traits like ‘willingness to compromise’ and ‘independent decision making’, increased the likelihood of choosing the profession. Yet, “classic public sector” job preferences and perceptions on societal sentiment toward the ‘appropriacy’ of nonconventional vocations acted as deterrents. Recommendations are to make higher education internship programs more tailored to the individual student and modify the remit of the tour guide role at government-owned sites and venues.

Associations of Career Decision-Making Strategies With Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Difficulties Among French-Speaking Swiss Adolescents and Young Adults

Individuals differ in the strategies, self-efficacy beliefs, and difficulties that characterize their career decision-making process. Although some strategies are deemed adaptive, the differential links of career decision-making strategies to self-efficacy and difficulties, in general and in various cultural contexts, remain unclear. To address this issue, we investigated the associations of 12 career decision-making strategies with self-efficacy and difficulties among 414 adolescents and young adults in the cultural context of the French-speaking part of Switzerland. In doing so, we also sought to develop a French version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles questionnaire (CDMP-F) for assessing career decision-making strategies. Results confirmed the fit of the hypothesized 12-factor model underlying the CDMP-F and the adaptability assumption for six of 12 strategies: information gathering, locus of control, procrastination, speed of making the final decision, dependence on others, and desire to please others. Moreover, differentiated associations were uncovered: high procrastination and external locus of control were linked to lack of motivation; slow speed of making the final decision was linked to general indecisiveness; and high desire to please others was linked to external conflicts. Supporting the structural and construct validity of the CDMP-F and identifying differential associations, implications for research and practice are discussed.

Career indecision: a systematic literature review

PurposeResearch has been conducted to investigate the factors that influence career indecision. This study attempted to synthesize empirical research on career indecision to (1) find the common determinants over the last two decades and (2) find the factors/areas that need to be addressed for future research on career indecision.Design/methodology/approachThis study used the systematic literature review (SLR) methodology and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Following the predetermined inclusion criteria, 118 articles from the Scopus database were included for review.FindingsFrom this research, the authors found four main determinants for career indecision, namely (1) career-related decision-making difficulties, (2) adolescent differences, (3) individual and situational career decision-making profiles (CDMPs) and (4) level of individual readiness for career choice, which have been researched in the last two decades. Additionally, eight factors/areas were found to be addressed in future research on career indecision which include those four common determinants, the other three determinants, namely (1) individual differences, (2) contextual/environmental factors, (3) social factors, and one outcome, subjective well-being.Research limitations/implicationsThe study had limitations in conducting this research, and the findings of the study provide some theoretical and future research implications.Practical implicationsThe seven determinants and the only outcome provide some implications for practitioners and policymakers.Originality/valueThe study found seven determinants and one outcome of career indecision derived from empirical studies conducted during 2000–2021.

Career Decision-Making Profiles of Adolescents in Cyprus

The purpose of the present study is to examine the career decision-making profile of the adolescent students of the public high schools of Cyprus by applying the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire of Gati, Landman, Davidovitch, Peretz-Asulin, & Gadassi (2010). The development of the CDMP suggests that an individual’s career decision making process can be better described by a multidimensional profile instead of a single decision-making style or a dominant characteristic. Using the data of 421 students, who were about to make a career choice, the results of the survey revealed eight dimensions for the Greek-Cypriot version of CDMP scale. The findings construct a multidimensional profile characterization of an individual’s career decision making processes: (1) “Information gathering and processing-Effort invested in the process”, (2) “Desire to please others-Dependence on others”, (3) “Speed of making the final decision”, (4) “Consulting with others”, (5) “Aspiration for an ideal occupation”, (6) “Locus of control”, (7) “Willingness to compromise”, (8) “Procrastination”. Using the T-test, we will discuss significant gender differences in the eight dimensions of the CDMP.

Fungsi Keluarga Terhadap Pengambilan Keputusan Remaja dalam Pemilihan Jurusan

Adolescence is a period where their seems to be separated from the role of their parents and more independent in making their own decisions. But this time, the family plays a role in the behavior of adolescents in the decision making process, one of which is related to education in the selection of majors degree in university that will determine the future of their children. This research aims to determine the role of family support In adolescent for career decision making in major degree a in university. Causal comparative study was used and a sample 301 college student in grade one was selected through nonprobability sampling. This research was used two research tolls such as the role family was used Family Asessment Device (FAD) and decision making was used Career Decision-Making Profile. The result in this research found that score of the role of family based on mean hipotetic is lower than mean empiric. It means that, the role of family low category. In this research also showed the result used simple regression , F value 0.790 and p value 0.099 > 0.05. it means there is no significant the role of family support in adolescent for decision making in major degree in university.

Assisting students with career decision-making difficulties: Can career decision-making self-efficacy and career decision-making profile help?

Building on the counseling psychology literature, this study examined the effects of each dimension of career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) and career decision-making profile (CDMP) on hospitality students' career decision-making difficulties (CDD). A sequential regression analysis with 273 valid questionnaires was performed while controlling participants’ demographic background information. CDMSE and CDMP explain 27.9% and 25.6% of the variance in CDD respectively. Goal selection in CDMSE, as well as locus of control, effort invested in the process, procrastination, and speed of making the final decision in CDMP are significant predictors of CDD. Specific practical implications that assist students with CDD are discussed.

Construction and Initial Validation of the Work Orientation Questionnaire

The goal of the present research was to develop a model of work meaning, consisting of five orientations: job (financial compensation), career (advancement and influence), calling (prosocial duty), social embeddedness (belongingness), and busyness (filling idle time with activities). Two versions of the Work Orientation Questionnaire (WOQ), which measures these five orientations, were developed—for young adults and for working adults. Study 1 describes the development of the WOQ and psychometric properties for young adults. Exploratory ( N = 200) and confirmatory ( N = 447) factor analyses supported a five-factor solution, and the five scales, which correspond to the five orientations, had adequate internal consistency reliabilities (median = .81). The divergent validity of the WOQ was supported, as shown by the negligible associations of the five orientations with the 12 scales of the Career Decision-Making Profiles questionnaire. In Study 2, the analyses of the responses of 506 employed adults also supported the five-dimensional structure, and four of the WOQ scales were associated with work satisfaction ( R 2 = .33). Implications for research and practice are discussed along with future research directions.

Comparison of Korean and American College Students In The Relationship Between Career Decision-making Profiles And Career Decision-making Difficulties

본 연구는 진로의사결정에 대한 최근의 연구동향을 반영하여 이전의 진로의사결정 유형 연구가 아닌 좀 더 다차원적인 접근으로서 진로의사결정 프로파일(CDMP)을 평가하고 진로미결정 요인에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하였다. 또 문화적인 차이에 기인하여 진로의사결정 과정이 달라질 것이라고 가정하여 한국과 미국 대학생들의 진로의사결정 과정과 진로결정시 겪는 어려움을 비교하였다. 연구대상은 한국 대학생(115명)과 미국 대학생(103명)이었고, 위계적 회귀분석을 활용하여 국가가 두 변인 사이에 조절효과를 보이는지 검증하였다. 분석결과, 한국과 미국 대학생은 진로의사결정 프로파일에서 유의미한 차이를 보였으며 미국 대학생이 한국 대학생들보다 효과적인 진로의사결정 과정을 보였다. 둘째 진로미결정 요인에 있어서는 전체적으로 차이를 보이지는 않았으나 하위요인에서 미국 대학생들이 성격적 문제로 인해 어려움을 겪었고, 한국 대학생들은 의사결정과정에 대한 정보부족, 직업정보부족, 비일관적인 정보로 인해 어려움을 더 겪는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 진로의사결정 프로파일이 진로미결정 요인에 미치는 영향에서 전체 진로미결정 요인에 대해서는 국가가 조절효과를 보이지는 않았으나 한국 대학생이 미국 대학생보다 비일관적인 정보로 인해 더 많이 어려움을 겪는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 효과적으로 진로의사결정을 함으로써 미래 직업생활에서 만족도를 향상시키고 심리적 안정을 도모할 수 있도록 국가간 비교를 통해 진로의사결정 프로파일 수준을 높이고 진로결정에 대한 어려움을 감소시킬 수 있는 방안을 찾고자 했다는 점에서 시사하는 바가 크다.The purpose of this study is to investigate how students’ career decision-making profiles(CDMP) affect their career decision-making difficulties. This study assumed that there would be cultural differences in career decision-making and thus compared the career decision-making processes of college students from Korea and the U.S. The subjects were 115 college students in Korea and 103 college students in the U.S. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to investigate the moderating effect of the nation. The results showed that there are significant differences in the career decision-making profiles of Korean and American college students; the U.S. college students exhibited a more effective career decision-making process than the Korean students. Second, there were no significant differences in the factors of decision-making difficulties, but in the sub-factors, American students had difficulties as a result of personality problems. Meanwhile, Korean students had a lack of information about decision-making process, job information, and inconsistent information. Third, the results did not show us the moderating effect of the nation but Korean students were significantly affected by the inconsistent information. The results suggest that we can find ways to reduce the decision-making difficulties by understanding the level of the career decision-making profiles and the cultural differences between Korea and the U.S. Finally, the interaction between the two did not show a moderating effect, but Korean students were significantly affected by the inconsistent information. The results of this study imply ways of reducing career decision-making difficulties and increasing the career decision-making profiles effectively.

Nationality differences in the relationship between career decision-making profiles and career self-efficacy

We examined the moderating role of Chinese versus American nationality on the relationship between university students' career decision making and career self-efficacy. Participants were 196 American and 323 Chinese college students, who completed the Career Decision-Making Profiles questionnaire (assessing information gathering, locus of control, information processing, effort spent in decision making, procrastination, consulting with others, speed of decision making, dependence on others, desire to please others, willingness to compromise, and aspiration) and a measure of career self-efficacy (assessing adaptability, career-training motivation, feedback-seeking attitudes, and job mobility preparedness). Results showed that the positive relationship between career self-efficacy and the aspiration for an ideal occupation, speed of final decision making, and information gathering dimensions was stronger among American than Chinese students. In addition, the negative relationship between career self-efficacy and the willingness to compromise and desire to please others was weaker among Chinese than American students. Implications for career education are discussed.

Advancing in the career decision-making process: the role of coping strategies and career decision-making profiles

We tested the associations among the career decision-making difficulties, the career decision status, and either (a) the career decision-making profiles of 575 young adults, or (b) the coping strategies of 379 young adults. As hypothesized, a more advanced decision status was negatively associated with both career decision-making difficulties (η2 = .24) and the use of non-productive coping strategies (η2 = .10), and positively associated with an adaptive career decision-making profile (η2 = .05) and the use of support-seeking coping strategies (η2 = .06). Productive coping strategies were not found to be associated with decision status (η2 = .01). The results and their implications are discussed.

Validation of the German Career Decision-Making Profile—An Updated 12-Factor Version

The Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP) was developed by Gati and colleagues in 2010 as an attempt to reliably measure which strategies individuals apply when making career decisions. In order to provide counseling and coaching professionals with a German version of the scale, we translated and validated the German version (G-CDMP) in two studies (total N = 622). Results of Study 1 verified the proposed 12-factor structure by means of confirmatory factor analyses, confirming that the G-CDMP assesses 12 distinct career decision-making strategies. Results of Study 2 demonstrated the G-CDMP’s construct validity on subscale level by relating it to self-evaluations (e.g., occupational self-efficacy) and personality (i.e., the Big Five) as well as to career-related constructs, such as career adaptability and cognitive reactions toward career-life decisions (e.g., life satisfaction). As the studies provide support for the G-CDMP’s factor structure and its construct validity, implications for its use during career counseling are discussed.

Strategies for Coping with Career Indecision

The goal of the present research was to test the convergent and divergent validity of the Strategies for Coping with Career Indecision (SCCI) model and questionnaire, which comprises three main coping styles— Productive coping, Support-seeking, and Nonproductive coping—using three samples of young adults deliberating about their career choice. Study 1 tested the association between the SCCI and career decision-making profiles, using a sample of 390 young adults. Study 2 tested the relations between the SCCI and emotional and personality-related career decision-making difficulties, using a sample of 454 young adults. Finally, Study 3 tested the associations between the SCCI and career decision self-efficacy as well as the five dimensions of the Big Five Inventory, using a sample of 451 young adults. All three studies also tested the SCCI’s incremental validity by assessing its ability to predict individuals’ stages in the career decision-making process over and above the other measures. The results supported the convergent and divergent validity and partially supported the incremental validity of the SCCI. The theoretical and counseling implications are discussed and suggestions for future research are presented.

The effectiveness of sources of support in career decision-making: A two-year follow-up

Making career decisions is often difficult and challenging, and one way to advance in the process is to seek help. The present research focused on the various sources of support young adults tend to look for when making their career decision and the factors that affect their actual use of these sources. Study 1 elicited the self-reported help-seeking behavior and the Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP) from 1071 young adults (ages 18–35) who had already chosen their major(s) at a university. The young adults used sources that were easily accessible, even when they were perceived as being less effective. Additionally, those with less career decision-making adaptability, as derived from the CDMP, tended to seek help more often. Study 2, a two-year follow-up of 296 young adults who participated in Study 1, revealed that getting help reduced the likelihood of changing one’s major.

Differences in Career Decision-Making Profiles Between American and Chinese University Students

The current research examined differences in career decision-making profiles (CDMP) between American and Chinese university students, as well as the mediating mechanisms possibly underlying these cultural differences. The results of a survey among American ( n = 929) and Chinese ( n = 945) undergraduates showed that Chinese participants scored significantly higher on consulting with others, desire to please others, willingness to compromise, dependence on others, and procrastination, but lower on aspiration for an ideal occupation, internal locus of control, and effort invested in career decision-making than did the American participants. Using a model based on self-construals and subjective cultural norms, we established that interdependent self-construal, independent self-construal, and the perceived individualism-collectivism norm operative in the respondents’ nation served as important mediators of the relationship between culture and endorsement of the dimensions of the CDMP. Moreover, based on the model of cultural tightness-looseness, the results provided partial support for the prediction that individuals’ personal cultural orientations (e.g., self-construals) served as stronger predictors for CDMP among the American participants than among the Chinese, whereas the perceived cultural norm served as a stronger predictor for CDMP among the Chinese participants than the Americans. The current research provides implications for career decision-making in different cultural groups and suggests the operation of differential mechanisms involved in reaching career decisions across societies varying in individualism-collectivism.

Career decision-making profiles and career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural comparison among US, Israeli, and Chinese samples

Assessing individuals' career decision-making difficulties and career decision-making profile (style) allows counselors to help them make better career decisions. The present study focused on the associations between the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire and the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) in four large samples: American adults (N=601), Israeli young adults (N=623), American students (N=915), and Chinese students (N=929). The pattern of associations between the 12 CDMP dimensions and the 10 CDDQ scales was generally replicated across the four samples, and indicated that certain CDMP dimensions were associated with career decision-making difficulties. Additionally, in all four samples, the higher an individual's career decision-making adaptability, as derived from the CDMP, the fewer difficulties he or she encountered prior to and during the career decision-making process. However, a few unique patterns of associations between the CDMP and the CDDQ emerged in some samples.

PREDICTING CAREER DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES IN WOMEN: THE ROLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND PERCEIVED EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Abstract: The aim of the present research was to investigate the role of self-determination (SD) and perceived emotional intelligence (EI) in adopting specific career decision-making strategies (CDMSs), and thereby to extend knowledge about personality factors playing a crucial role in adaptive ways of making career decisions. The study was conducted on a sample of 173 first-year university female students aged 19-25 using the questionnaires Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP; Gati et al., 2010), Career Decision-Making Autonomy Scale (CDMAS; Guay, 2005), Academic Motivation Scale-College (AMS-C; Vallerand et al., 1992), and Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS; Salovey et al., 1995). The results supported the importance of SD and perceived EI in predicting adaptive career decision-making (CDM); SD accounted for 2-34% of variance in CDMSs and the perceived EI explained additional up to 11% of their variance, even after controlling for SD. Higher SD and perceived EI were associated with more frequent use of adaptive and less frequent use of maladaptive CDMSs. Our findings might be relevant to career counselling.Key wo rd s: career decision-ma king stra tegies, self-determination, autonomous regulation, perceived emotiona l intelligenceThe aim of the present research was to investigate the role of self-determination (SD) and perceived emotional intelligence (EI) in adopting specific career decision-making strategies (CDMSs), and thereby to extend knowledge about personality factors playing a crucial role in adaptive career making (CDM).Adaptiveness of Career Decision-MakingAdaptive CDM, along with career planning and career exploration, is seen as an essential component of coping with career development. To date, several models have been introduced defining basic criteria for assessing adaptiveness of decision-making. The issue of decision-making adaptiveness has been approached from either normative or descriptive perspective (Gati, Landman, Davidovitch, Asulin-Peretz, & Gadassi, 2010; Phillips, 1997).Normative models are derived from economic and probabilistic conceptions of decision-making processes with the Subjective Expected Utility (SEU) model being the standard. They are aimed at postulating such decision-making procedures which should lead to optimal choice. People are considered fully decision-makers, when Acknowledgement they are able to obtain and process all information necessary to assess each alternative (Balaz, 2010; Gati & Tal, 2008; Phillips, 1997).Descriptive models rely on the proposition that not only decision-making procedures meet the criteria for adaptive coping with career development. Their aim is to redefine adaptiveness of CDM in terms of other than rational decision-making strategies. Modern descriptive CDM models pursue a process approach to assessing decision-making adaptiveness. Instead of evaluating decision outcomes - that is, achieving distinct goals - descriptive models address the question of the manner of making decisions - that is, what decision-making gies provide to eliminate inhibiting factors of CDM and support the facilitating ones. These factors are supposed to be preconditions for achieving pursued goals and thereby contribute to maintenance and enhancement of one's subjective well-being (Gati et al., 2010; Latalova & Pilarik, in press; Phillips, 1997).Adaptiveness of Specific Career DecisionMaking StrategiesGati et al. (2010) have recently introduced a multidimensional descriptive model involving 12 basic dimensions or strategies of CDM. In order to measure the level of each dimension in individuals' CDM processes and thereby build up detailed profile of egies they to make career choices, the authors constructed an instrument Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP). This enabled them to empirically investigate, which pole of each CDMP dimension is more adaptive according to some alternative, otherthan-rational criteria characterizing CDM process (specifically emotional and personalityrelated CDM difficulties, five factors of the Big Five personality model, decision status describing individuals as decided, partially decided, or undecided, and CDM self-efficacy). …

Vocational career decision-making of Finnish upper secondary school students

The aim of this research was to clarify the characteristics of Finnish upper secondary school students as vocational decision-makers. The focus was especially on what skills and competences were related to decision-making at different phases of the decision-making process. Altogether, 216 upper secondary school students filled in the e-questionnaire. The clustering of generic competences and dimensions of the career decision-making profiles revealed three different kinds of decision-makers: followers, cautious decision-makers, and goal-oriented decision-makers. Even though the division into clusters in relation to decision-making was mixed, characteristics of these decision-maker groups will help understanding of personal features that promote or delay adolescent vocational decision-making.

Counseling for Career Decision‐Making Difficulties: Measures and Methods

Career indecision may be the primary reason people go to career counselors. Much effort has been exerted to identify and investigate the causes of clients' career decision‐making difficulties. With the aim of facilitating clients' career decision making, the use of career indecision assessments can promote the effectiveness and efficiency of face‐to‐face career counseling. The authors review three evidence‐based, cost‐free assessments derived from decision theory: the Career Decision‐Making Difficulties Questionnaire, the Emotional and Personality‐Related Career Decision‐Making Difficulties questionnaire, and the Career Decision‐Making Profile questionnaire. The unique features of these assessments are described, and the ways they can contribute to facilitating career decision making in career counseling are explored with a case study example.

Predictive Validity of Career Decision-Making Profiles Over Time Among Chinese College Students

Two studies were conducted to validate the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Profiles (CDMP) questionnaire, a multidimensional measure of the way individuals make career decisions. Results of Study 1 showed that after dropping 1 item from the original CDMP scale, the 11-factor structure was supported among Chinese college students ( N = 334). Results of Study 2 ( N =372) replicated this factor structure and revealed that the CDMP accounted for 25% and 32% of the variances in participants’ career decision-making efficacy and career decision-making difficulties, respectively, across a time lag of 2 months. Among the CDMP dimensions, comprehensive information gathering, analytic information processing, greater speed of making the final decision, internal locus of control, and less dependence on others were the most significant predictors of positive career-related outcomes. These findings carry implications for career decision-making research and counseling practices in different cultural groups.