An Investigation of the Prestige Interest Dimension Using Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American Women

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Book Synopsis An Investigation of the Prestige Interest Dimension Using Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American Women by : Taneisha S. Buchanan

Download or read book An Investigation of the Prestige Interest Dimension Using Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American Women written by Taneisha S. Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socal Cognitive Career Theory (SCCY; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) is a well-researched social cognitive theory of vocational development that takes into account the influence of personal, social, and environmental variables. Previous SCCT research encompasses a variety of domains including Holland's (1997) RIASEC types and math and science, and includes samples across race/ethnicity. However, few studies have examined the theory for African American women or reported findings separately for this group, and no studies have included prestige as an interest dimension. An important limitation of the vocational psychology literature is that although prestige has been conceptualized as an important construct (e.g., Gottfredson 1981, 1996) there have been few theoretically-driven studies on prestige. A promising representation of vocational interests was proposed by Tracey and Rounds (1996a); this interest model locates prestige as orthogonal to the dimensions underlying the RIASEC types. In order to address the aforementioned limitations of the SCCT research, this dissertation examined SCCT on the prestige dimension as conceptualized by Tracey and Rounds with a sample of 198 African American university and college women. A series of path analyses was conducted to test the hypothesized relations among the following variables: mother's occupational prestige, mother's educational prestige, prestige self-efficacy, prestige outcome expectations, prestige of vocational interests, and career choice prestige. Career choice prestige was assessed in two ways, using (1) an occupational consideration measure, and (2) prestige ratings of participants' reported occupational goal. The proposed models provided good fit to the data, and several of the SCCT hypotheses were supported. Across models, the hypothesized paths from mother's occupational prestige and mother's education level to prestige self-efficacy and prestige outcome expectations, and the hypothesized direct paths from prestige self-efficacy to prestige outcome expectations and prestige of choice goals were not supported. Interestingly, prestige outcome expectations emerged as a stronger predictor of prestige of choice goals than prestige self-efficacy and prestige of vocational interests. Overall, the findings provide support for integrating prestige as a domain of interests within SCCT. Future research is needed to further investigate the relative influence of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interests on career choice goals on the prestige dimension and across race/ethnicity and gender.

An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students

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Book Synopsis An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students by : Josephine Dickinson

Download or read book An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students written by Josephine Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lent, Brown, and Hackett's (1994) social cognitive career theory (SCCT) is a theoretical model of career development that delineates how person, contextual, and sociocognitive factors affect the formation of vocational interests, career choice goals, career choice actions, and academic/career performance attainments. Although considerable research support has been demonstrated for several key paths in SCCT, several other areas of SCCT have been under-researched or have received mixed empirical support. The purpose of the present study was to address several limitations of the extant literature. Specifically, the present study examined (a) the applicability of SCCT with an African American sample, (b) the validity of SCCT across Holland's (1997) six vocational domains, (c) the role of specific learning experiences in the formation of corresponding self-efficacy and outcome expectations, and (d) the moderating role of perceptions of racism in the relationship between vocational interests and corresponding choice goals. Results of path analyses based on a sample of 208 African American college students revealed strong support for all of the hypothesized relations involving corresponding learning experiences, self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, vocational interests and choice goals for each of the six Holland themes. Furthermore, although the nature of some of the observed relations (i.e., direct vs. indirect) was not always supportive of my hyptheses, overall, the results indicated that SCCT is a valid model to use with African Americans. In addition, the results revealed strong support for the applicability of SCCT to Holland's (1997) RIASEC themes. Regarding the role of specific learning experiences in self-efficacy and outcome expectations, results revealed partial support for both my hypothesis that verbal persuasion would contribute most strongly and SCCT's predication that performance accomplishments would account for the majority of the unique variance. These findings suggest that for African American college students, the role that learning experiences play in the formation of their self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations is domain-specific. Finally, results of moderated regressions and follow-up analyses tended not to support the hypothesis that perceptions of racism would moderate the relationship between vocational interests and choice goals. The results revealed that perceptions of racism significantly moderated the interestes-goals relation in only one model--the Realistic model for men--and, contrary to prediction, a greater perception of racism actually strengthened the Realistic interests-choice goals relationship."--Abstract.

The Influence of Social Cognitive Career Theory on African-American Female Adolescents' Career Development

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Book Synopsis The Influence of Social Cognitive Career Theory on African-American Female Adolescents' Career Development by : Sheila Marie Smith-Weber

Download or read book The Influence of Social Cognitive Career Theory on African-American Female Adolescents' Career Development written by Sheila Marie Smith-Weber and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study was to determine if there is a significant relationship between (a) career self-efficacy and vocational interest, (b) career self-efficacy and career consideration, and (c) vocational interest and career consideration among African-American female adolescents. African American female students from two comprehensive high schools and one magnet high school in a large metropolitan school district were selected for study participation. To evaluate the relationship of level of career self-efficacy, degree of vocational interest, and range of career consideration, the investigator modified three career assessment questionnaires. The study utilized Pearson product-moment correlation for testing three null hypotheses at the.05 level. Conclusions were: (a) On an aggregate level, there is not a significant relationship between career self-efficacy and vocational interest among African American female adolescents. However, career self-efficacy is related to vocational interest when segmented into gender-neutral occupations, male dominated occupations, and occupations that require postsecondary education. (b) On an aggregate level, there is not a significant relationship between career self-efficacy and career consideration among African American female adolescents. However, career self-efficacy is related to career consideration when segmented into gender-neutral occupations, male dominated occupations, and occupations that require postsecondary education. (c) On both an aggregate level and individually all vocational interest and career consideration categories (female, male, gender-neutral, secondary, and postsecondary) were significantly correlated among African American female adolescents.

Social Cognitive Theory and Career Development in African-American and Euro-American College Students

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Book Synopsis Social Cognitive Theory and Career Development in African-American and Euro-American College Students by : Mary Hill

Download or read book Social Cognitive Theory and Career Development in African-American and Euro-American College Students written by Mary Hill and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regarding the first purpose, the results indicated that there were significant differences between African-Americans and Euro-Americans on the following variables: perceptions of racial discrimination, perceptions of a lack of approval from significant others, conflict between child care and career demands as a career barrier, and intentions to talk to others about career planning. Regarding the second purpose, the results provided some support for using social cognitive career theory for both African-Americans and Euro-Americans. There were, however, several ethnic differences in the analyses of the social cognitive hypotheses.

Career Counseling for African Americans

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ISBN 13 : 1135683573
Total Pages : 215 pages
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Book Synopsis Career Counseling for African Americans by : W. Bruce Walsh

Download or read book Career Counseling for African Americans written by W. Bruce Walsh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics in this volume include: basic issues in career counselling for African Americans; career assessment; vocational and personal considerations; and future directions in career counselling theory.

The Relationship Between Race-Related Stress and the Career Planning and Confidence for African-American College Students

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ISBN 13 : 1796031526
Total Pages : 103 pages
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Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Race-Related Stress and the Career Planning and Confidence for African-American College Students by : Dwaine Turner PhD CRC

Download or read book The Relationship Between Race-Related Stress and the Career Planning and Confidence for African-American College Students written by Dwaine Turner PhD CRC and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My research focused on the relationship between career development and the different facets of racism that presents challenges in the world of academia. The social landscape of society was torn as a result of the deaths of Travon Martin, Mike Brown, Eric Grey and Eric Garner. Public opinion has varied on the causes of the deaths of many individuals in the African American community. As the author of this study I felt compelled to highlight the strength and perseverance of minorities in a college environment. Upon the completion of my study I realized that I was chronicling myself.

Social Cognitive Career Theory, Academic Choice Behavior, and Academic Performance in African American College Students

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Book Synopsis Social Cognitive Career Theory, Academic Choice Behavior, and Academic Performance in African American College Students by : Krista L. Garrett

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Sistahs for Success

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Book Synopsis Sistahs for Success by : Traci L. Fodges

Download or read book Sistahs for Success written by Traci L. Fodges and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in career decision self-efficacy for African American women after participating in a short-term, adult education intervention program and to give voice to barriers and challenges experienced by African American women in their career development and the coping strategies they use to overcome these obstacles. In this quasi-experimental mixed methods study, a snowball sample of 20 African American women participated in a short-term adult education intervention program designed using Black feminist critical social theory and the career management model of social cognitive career theory. A pre-test-post-test control group design with delayed treatment was used to conduct the study. The sample included an experimental group (n=11) and a delayed treatment/control group (n=9) that participated in a career management information session before the intervention. Wilcoxon exact testing of Career Decision Self-Efficacy-Short Form scores revealed statistically significant differences for the experimental group (Z=-2.298, p=.010, r=.49), delayed treatment group (Z=-2.668, p=.002, r=.62), control group (Z=-2.036, p=.023, r=.48), and between post-information session and post-intervention session for the delayed treatment group (Z=-2.253, p=.012, r=.53). Documents from the discussion of career development barriers, challenges, and coping strategies were analyzed using critical Black feminist narrative qualitative analysis and the following eight themes were noted: external barriers of a) intersectionality of oppressions and b) work life balance; internal challenges of c) self-concept, d) emotions, and e) access to resources; and, coping strategies of f) personal agency, g) collective agency, and h) spiritual agency.

The Relationship Among Career Aspiration, Multiple Role Planning Attitudes, and Wellness in African-American and Caucasian Undergraduate Women

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Book Synopsis The Relationship Among Career Aspiration, Multiple Role Planning Attitudes, and Wellness in African-American and Caucasian Undergraduate Women by : Caroline Susanne Booth

Download or read book The Relationship Among Career Aspiration, Multiple Role Planning Attitudes, and Wellness in African-American and Caucasian Undergraduate Women written by Caroline Susanne Booth and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2002, 60 percent of both Caucasian and African-American women were active in the workforce (USDOL, 2004b), however, it is surprising to discover that overall women only earn three-fourths of men's earnings (USDOL, 1999). Despite unprecedented availability and accessibility of educational and career options, over 50% of young undergraduate women today are continuing to choose female-dominated careers lower in status, prestige, and compensation (National Center for Education Statistics,2002; Spraggins, 2000). The question of why women, particularly young women making initial career choices, continue to choose career paths that place them at an economic disadvantage remains to be fully answered (McCracken & Weitzman, 1997; Nauta, Epperson, & Kahn, 1998; O'Brien, Friedman, Tipton, & Linn, 2000). A number of theories have been proposed that attempt to explain women's career aspirations, however, Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT, Lent, Brown, and Hackett 1994; 2000) has shown considerable promise. Of particular interest in SCCT are the contextual supports and barriers of the model that are hypothesized to influence career aspirations (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 2000). Two important contextual variables known to be significant for women are multiple role planning attitudes (McWhirter, Torres, & Rasheed, 1998; Swanson & Tokar, 1991a; Swanson & Woitke, 1997) and wellness(Brown, 1995; 1996; Krumbolz, 1993; Smith, 2004; Super, 1957), although the true relationship of these variables to career aspirations remains largely unknown and unstudied. The purpose of this study was to test the relationship among career aspirations, multiple role planning attitudes, and wellness among a population of undergraduate women and to examine differences between African-American and Caucasian undergraduates. Specific goals were to determine if multiple role planning attitudes and wellness predicted career aspirations and determine if African-American undergraduate women and Caucasian undergraduate women differed on these variables. Results indicated that multiple role planning and wellness did not predict career choice or major choice but did predict career motivation for the overall sample. In addition, cultural differences were observed in career motivation, multiple role planning, and wellness. Implications of these findings are discussed as is how counselors can use this information to facilitate women's career development process."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Understanding Women's Leadership Interests and Goals Using Social Cognitive Career Theory

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Book Synopsis Understanding Women's Leadership Interests and Goals Using Social Cognitive Career Theory by : Nadia T. Hasan

Download or read book Understanding Women's Leadership Interests and Goals Using Social Cognitive Career Theory written by Nadia T. Hasan and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Despite the recent increase of women as leaders and managers, women remain underrepresented in key leadership roles in the United States (Barreto, Ryan, & Schmitt, 2009; Catalyst, 2008; Center for American Women & Politics, 2009; Eagly, 2007). Researchers claim that women are underrepresented in leadership because they face a 'labyrinth path' towards leadership (Eagly & Carli, 2007). This study examines women's interests and goals for leadership to extend the research on women's leadership development. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) is used as a framework to examine a complex path model that includes person input variables (conformity of feminine norms, conformity to masculine norms, feminine personal attributes of leaders, and masculine personal attributes of leaders), contextual influence variables (perceived lifetime sexist experiences and race-related stress) and the key social cognitive variables of women's leadership self-efficacy, women's leadership outcome expectations, women's leadership interests and women's leadership goals. Path analysis was used to examine the fit of the data for all female, college student participants (N= 224) and for only ethnic minority, female college student participants (N= 170). The proposed models for all participants and for only ethnic minority participants were not a good fit for the data, but there were several significant correlations between the primary variables that did fit within the SCCT model. An examination of the correlations between variables revealed most notably a lack of significant correlations for the moderator variables of perceived lifetime sexist events and race-related stress and the primary variables. Thus, an exploratory model was tested for all participants and only ethnic minority participants that included all the primary variables, but trimmed these moderator variables. These exploratory models for all participants and for only ethnic minority participants were a good fit for the data. Study limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed."--Abstract.

Social Cognitive Career Theory and Racial Composition of College Campus

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Book Synopsis Social Cognitive Career Theory and Racial Composition of College Campus by : Bryant K. Ford

Download or read book Social Cognitive Career Theory and Racial Composition of College Campus written by Bryant K. Ford and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exploring the Career Development of African American Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence

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Total Pages : 338 pages
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Book Synopsis Exploring the Career Development of African American Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence by : Tabethah S. Mack-Ouattara

Download or read book Exploring the Career Development of African American Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence written by Tabethah S. Mack-Ouattara and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to advance theory, practice and research on the career development process for survivors of IPV, particularly as it pertains to the work and career development experiences for African American women. A qualitative perspective was critical because collecting and understanding participant's perceptions, values, attitudes, and cultural and social reality were paramount. Therefore, this study described and analyzed the lived career development experiences of African American women survivors of IPV. This was accomplished by integrating both Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), a well-accepted model from the career literature, and Africana Womanism Theory; a paradigm grounded in the cultural "essence" of Black life. Consequently, this study employed a qualitative design, specifically, a phenomenological approach. This design was selected in order to capture the essence of how African American women survivors of IPV perceive, process, and experience career development.

African-American Women's Experiences of Racist and Sexist Events and Their Relation to the Career Choice Process

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Book Synopsis African-American Women's Experiences of Racist and Sexist Events and Their Relation to the Career Choice Process by : Rochelle L. Lemon

Download or read book African-American Women's Experiences of Racist and Sexist Events and Their Relation to the Career Choice Process written by Rochelle L. Lemon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This current research studied the career development process of African American women utilizing Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (1977). The sample include 108 African American women who ranged in age from 18 to 63 with a mean age of 25 years old. The study examined the social cognitive variables of learning experiences in the form of racist and sexist events (recent and lifetime) in relation to career decision-making self-efficacy and outcome expectancies and career indecision. Previous research indicated a significant inverse relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career indecision, but in this study found varying results depending upon whether age was not controlled or controlled. When age was not controlled, the relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and indecision was not significant; yet when age was controlled a significant inverse relationship was found. Initially, it was hypothesized that African American women's racist experiences (recent and lifetime) would have significant inverse relationships with career decision-making self-efficacy, yet only their lifetime racist events had a significant inverse relationship when age was not controlled; both were non-significant when age was controlled. In addition, African American women's sexist events (recent and lifetime) were expected to have a significant inverse relationship with career decision-making self-efficacy, but this was not supported, regardless of not controlling or controlling for age. Further, this study found that if age is not controlled, the African American women's appraisal of their racist events as stressful was significantly inversely related to career decision-making self-efficacy, but when age is controlled, no relation was found. In addition, racist and sexist experiences did not predict career decision-making self-efficacy and outcome expectancies for African American women. Although not hypothesized, an exploratory analysis showed sexist events (recent and lifetime) predicted career indecision. Future research on the impact of sexism on African American women's career development process was suggested to be beneficial to decrease their overall career indecision."--Abstract.

Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory to College Science Majors

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Book Synopsis Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory to College Science Majors by : LeAnn R. Mills

Download or read book Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory to College Science Majors written by LeAnn R. Mills and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Evaluation of Social Cognitive Career Theory Using a Large-scale Web-based Computer Networking Training Program

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Total Pages : 224 pages
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Book Synopsis An Evaluation of Social Cognitive Career Theory Using a Large-scale Web-based Computer Networking Training Program by : Theresa M. Kovalski

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Examining the Relationship Between Career Decision Self-efficacy, Ethnic Identity, and Academic Self-concept and Achievement of African American High School Students

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Book Synopsis Examining the Relationship Between Career Decision Self-efficacy, Ethnic Identity, and Academic Self-concept and Achievement of African American High School Students by : Patrice Sheri Robinson Bounds

Download or read book Examining the Relationship Between Career Decision Self-efficacy, Ethnic Identity, and Academic Self-concept and Achievement of African American High School Students written by Patrice Sheri Robinson Bounds and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exploration of African American adolescents' career development has gained increasing attention in light of literature describing various barriers impacting their educational and career development and goals. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) was used as a theoretical framework to help shed light on the contextual factors that influence their career development. This study examined the relationship between career decision self-efficacy, ethnic identity, academic self-concept, and achievement of African American high school students. The sample consisted of African American high school students enrolled in Upward Bound programs. Through quantitative methods, this study adds to the career development literature by including ethnic identity, academic self-concept, and achievement as combined factors that may impact the career development of African American adolescents. Specifically, the results of this study assists teachers, administrators, parents, and school counselors with understanding career decision self-efficacy as it relates to ethnic identity, academic self-concept, achievement, and demographic variables. This study also provides implications for career counseling interventions in schools designed to assist with career development.

Personal Connections and Career Reflections: Examining Social Networks and Career Choices of African American Women Community College Leaders

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Book Synopsis Personal Connections and Career Reflections: Examining Social Networks and Career Choices of African American Women Community College Leaders by : Deborah K. Peoples

Download or read book Personal Connections and Career Reflections: Examining Social Networks and Career Choices of African American Women Community College Leaders written by Deborah K. Peoples and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to examine the role of social networks in the career decisions and leadership of female African American community college senior leaders. The under-representation of women and people of color in leadership is not a new issue, and higher education has acknowledged this lack of representation as both a challenge and an opportunity. Networking is one of many strategies that successful leaders have identified as contributing to their success. This research explored how networks of African American women community college senior leaders are constructed and how they used the resultant resources for professional growth and career progression. Social capital theory provided the framework to characterize the lived experiences of African American women community college leaders as their careers evolved, with particular focus on network characteristics and networking behaviors, and to examine and draw conclusions about one grand tour question and three sub-questions. While social capital researchers used different models to explain the interaction that builds resources, there is agreement that social networks have value. For study participants, social networks provided access to social capital that influenced their career choices and outcomes.