The Self-Directed Search and Career Self-Efficacy
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Career Assessment
- Vol. 7 (2), 145-159
- https://doi.org/10.1177/106907279900700204
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a study aimed at furthering understanding of the meaning of responses to Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS). Drawing on current social cognitive theory, this study provides some evidence that SDS Summary scores might be predictive of respondents' future self-efficacy expectations. A significant relationship was found between responses to the SDS and an instrument specifically designed to measure career self-efficacy, the short form of the Task-Specific Occupational Self-efficacy Scale (TSOSS). Evidence for the validity of the SDS in predicting career self-efficacy is provided by the correlational patterns and gender differences shown in the responses to both the SDS and TSOSS. Implications and suggestions for further research are discussed.Keywords
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