Social Cognitive Career Theory and Subjective Well-Being in the Context of Work

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Lent ◽  
Steve D. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive Career Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive Career

Social Cognitive Career Theory at 25: Progress in Studying the Domain Satisfaction and Career Self-Management Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Brown ◽  
Robert W. Lent
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive Career Theory ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Choice Making ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Social Cognitive Career ◽  
Made In

Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) was introduced 25 years ago. The theory originally included three interrelated models of (a) career and academic interest development, (b) choice-making, and (c) performance. It was later expanded to include two additional models, one focusing on educational and occupational satisfaction, or well-being, and the other emphasizing the process of career self-management over the life span. On this, the silver anniversary of SCCT, we consider the progress made in studying these two most recent models. In addition to reviewing existing findings, we cite promising directions for future research and application. Examples include additional study of model combinations that may shed greater light on choice persistence, possibilities for using the self-management model to study aspects of career development that are relevant to other theories, and the importance of theory-guided applications to aid preparation for, and coping with, uncertainties in the future world of work.

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.

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