A Study on the Differences of Academic Achievement, Self-Efficacy, and Engineering Self-Efficacy with Gender of Engineering Students
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between satisfaction with major and career decision efficacy and career attitude maturity of engineering college students by performing correlation analysis. Gender differences in between satisfaction with major and career decision efficacy and career attitude maturity were also examined by T-test. The results T-test revealed gender differences in only career decision efficacy. Male Students scored significantly higher than did female students on career decision efficacy and satisfaction with major. The results of correlation analysis showed a) satisfaction with major were significantly associated with career decision efficacy, b) satisfaction with major were significantly associated with career attitude maturity, and c) career decision efficacy were significantly associated with career attitude maturity. As a result,we found the importance of satisfaction in engineering college students- major studies when deciding their career.
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Relation of dysfunctional career thinking to career indecision. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 56, 2004, pp. 288-298.
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understanding and treatment of career indecision. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 22, 1983, pp. 63-81.
[8] N. E. Betz, and K. L. Klein, Relationships among measures of career
self-efficacy, generalized self-efficacy, and global self-esteem. Journal of
Career Assessment, 4, 1996, pp. 285-298.
[9] N. E. Betz and D. A. Luzzo, D. A. Career assessment and the Career Decision-Making, Self-Efficacy Scale. Journal of Career Assessment, 4,
1996, pp. 413-428.
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development inventory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 25, 1984, pp.
106-123.
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Brown, L. Brooks, & Associates (Eds.), Career choice and development
(2nd ed.), 1990, pp. 197-261. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
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satisfaction of undergraduate students majoring in social welfare on the level of career decision in jeon-buk area, Korean Journal of Social
Welfare Research, 15, 2006, pp. 1-22
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students' department and job selection, major satisfaction according to
career indecision, Korean Youth Research, 16(10), 2009, pp. 33-50
[16] K. H. Lee, and J. C. Han, The maturity of career attitude comparison
research according to high school students' gender differences and
curricular, The Korean Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 9(1),
1997, pp. 335-349.
[1] R. E Campbell, and J. V. Cellini, diagnostic taxonomy of adult career problems. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 19, 1981. pp. 175-190.
[2] I. Gati, M. Krausz, and S. H. Osipow, S. H. Taxonomy of difficulties in career decision making. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 43, 1996, pp. 510-526.
[3] J. B. Rounds, and H. E. Tinsley, A. Diagnosis and treatment of vocational
problems. In S. D. Brown and R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology, 1984, (pp. 137-177). New York: Wiley.
[4] I. Giankos, Patterns of career choice and career decision-making
self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 54, 1999, pp. 244-258.
[5] S.H. Osipow, Assessing career indecision. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 55, 1999, pp. 147-154.
[6] D. E. Saunders, G. W. Peterson, J. P. Sampson, and R. C. Reardon,
Relation of dysfunctional career thinking to career indecision. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 56, 2004, pp. 288-298.
[7] K. M. Taylor, and N. E. Betz, Applications of self-efficacy theory to the
understanding and treatment of career indecision. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 22, 1983, pp. 63-81.
[8] N. E. Betz, and K. L. Klein, Relationships among measures of career
self-efficacy, generalized self-efficacy, and global self-esteem. Journal of
Career Assessment, 4, 1996, pp. 285-298.
[9] N. E. Betz and D. A. Luzzo, D. A. Career assessment and the Career Decision-Making, Self-Efficacy Scale. Journal of Career Assessment, 4,
1996, pp. 413-428.
[10] J. O. Crites, ÔÇÿCareer Counseling: a Comprehensive Approach-. The Counseling Psychologist, 6(3), 1976, pp. 2-12
[11] M. L. Savickas, Construction and validation of a physician career
development inventory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 25, 1984, pp.
106-123.
[12] D. E. Super, A life-span, life-space approach to career development. In D.
Brown, L. Brooks, & Associates (Eds.), Career choice and development
(2nd ed.), 1990, pp. 197-261. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
[13] E. M. Levinson, D. L. Ohler, S. Caswell, S. and K. Kiewra, Six approaches to the assessment of career maturity, Journal of Counseling and Development 76, 1998, pp. 475-482.
[14] Y. S. Kang, and E. J. Lee, E. J. A study on the impact of the major
satisfaction of undergraduate students majoring in social welfare on the level of career decision in jeon-buk area, Korean Journal of Social
Welfare Research, 15, 2006, pp. 1-22
[15] E. M. Lim, S. M. Park, and Y. S. Eom, The differences of college
students' department and job selection, major satisfaction according to
career indecision, Korean Youth Research, 16(10), 2009, pp. 33-50
[16] K. H. Lee, and J. C. Han, The maturity of career attitude comparison
research according to high school students' gender differences and
curricular, The Korean Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 9(1),
1997, pp. 335-349.
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