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An Examination Of Career Orientation Courses And College Students' Career Decision Self-Efficacy, Logan R. Mayhew
An Examination Of Career Orientation Courses And College Students' Career Decision Self-Efficacy, Logan R. Mayhew
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Career development is an ongoing concern for college administrators as the modern knowledge era generates new and fluctuating jobs. College students are more anxious than in previous decades about starting their careers and making vocational decisions. Building career decision self-efficacy in students results in greater feelings of confidence and increases demonstration of career-related behaviors. Students in three online career courses at West Virginia University were assessed for gains in career decision self-efficacy in comparison with a control group after participation in the courses and compared on the basis of gender. Results of a mixed ANOVA indicated a significant increase in …