Gender differences in applying social cognitive career theory in engineering students

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 346-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Inda ◽  
Carmen Rodríguez ◽  
José Vicente Peña
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Cognitive Career Theory ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive Career

Testing the contextual factors' effect in social cognitive career theory among Latina/o and white women and men engineering students

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Feihan Li
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Cognitive Career Theory ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
White Women ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Holland Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive Career

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The current study tested a model of career persistence intentions in engineering based on Lent, Brown, and Hackett's (1994, 2000) social cognitive career theory incorporating the Realistic and Investigative themes of Holland theory (1997) among a sample of 457 college students majoring in engineering attending a Hispanic serving institution (HSI). The findings indicated that (a) proposed model with combined paths (direct and indirect effect model), which include both direct and indirect paths from contextual factors to engineering persistence intentions, fit the data for the full sample; (2) for both Realistic and Investigative models, significant paths were between Realistic/Investigative self-efficacy and Realistic/Investigative interests, engineering support and engineering persistence intentions, and engineering barriers and engineering persistence intention; (3) social cognitive career theory predictors accounted for a significant amount of variance in engineering persistence intentions (26.6% and 28.5%) for Realistic and Investigative models; (4) the model varied across women and men and across Latina/o and white engineering undergraduate students for both Realistic and Investigative models. Implications for research and practice are discussed in relation to persistence in engineering among women and Latina/o students.

scholarly journals Should I Stay, or Should I Go? Job satisfaction as a moderating factor between outcome expectations and entrepreneurial intention among academics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Blaese ◽  
Schneider Noemi ◽  
Liebig Brigitte
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Cognitive Career Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Career Decisions ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Social Cognitive Career

AbstractBoth psychological and entrepreneurship research have highlighted the pivotal role of job satisfaction in the process of entrepreneurial career decisions. In support of this, mounting evidence point to inter-relationships between entrepreneurial intention, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Prior research operationalized entrepreneurial careers as an escape from poor work environments; thus, there is a lack of understanding regarding how job-satisfaction can trigger entrepreneurship within and related to the environment of universities. This study, draws on Social Cognitive Career Theory and the concept of entrepreneurial intention, to address whether the role of job satisfaction is a moderating factor between outcome expectations and entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, we examine to what extent (I) entrepreneurial intention and (II) spin-off intention are determined by certain outcome expectations and perceived behavioral control. To address these questions this study examined academic researchers in specialized and non-technical fields and builds on a survey of 593 academic researchers at Swiss Universities of Applied Science. The results showed that outcome expectations are a significant predictor for entrepreneurial intentions, in general, and spin-off intentions, in particular. A multi-group analysis corroborated that job satisfaction operates as a motivational factor in entrepreneurial transition and interactions with entrepreneurial outcome expectations. In conclusion, the concept of job satisfaction and Social Cognitive Career Theory were powerful constructs to better the understand the process of entrepreneurial career decisions by academic researchers.

Exploring the Role of Work Volition Within Social Cognitive Career Theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan D. Duffy ◽  
Elizabeth M. Bott ◽  
Blake A. Allan ◽  
Kelsey L. Autin
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive Career Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Work Volition ◽  
Social Cognitive Career
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