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Effects Of Career Courses On Career Self-Efficacy And Outcome Expectations, Celeste Spier
Effects Of Career Courses On Career Self-Efficacy And Outcome Expectations, Celeste Spier
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this study was to examine two required career courses to determine if they produced an increase in career self-efficacy and outcome expectations, and which components of the learning theory from Social Cognitive Career Theory have the strongest influence. Participants were undergraduate business students at a midsized, Midwestern university enrolled in two required career courses and a comparison group of students not yet enrolled in the courses. Students took four measures (i.e., Career Exploration and Decisional Self-Efficacy Scale, Career Search Self-Efficacy Scale, Career Expectations Survey Scale, and Career Exploration and Decision Learning Experiences Scale) at two points in …