TY - JOUR
T1 - Career optimism
T2 - THE roles of contextual support and career decision-making self-efficacy
AU - Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M.
AU - Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.
AU - Bordia, Prashant
AU - Bordia, Sarbari
AU - Roxas, Rachel Edita O.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Lemuel Toledano, Jennifer Lajom, Rajiv Amarnani, and Laramie Tolentino for their assistance in data collection. This research was supported by the Australian Research Council grant ( DP130104138 ) awarded to the second, third, and fourth authors.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Drawing from the social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986), we examined the role of parental support, teacher support, and career decision-making self-efficacy as sources of career optimism. We tested our proposed model using 235 computer science majors from a large university in the Philippines. Surveys were conducted over two measurement periods (1. year apart). Results revealed that Time 1 parental and teacher support were positively associated with Time 2 career optimism. Furthermore, we found that these direct relationships were fully mediated by Time 1 career decision-making self-efficacy. These results remained significant even after controlling for neuroticism and past performance. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Drawing from the social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986), we examined the role of parental support, teacher support, and career decision-making self-efficacy as sources of career optimism. We tested our proposed model using 235 computer science majors from a large university in the Philippines. Surveys were conducted over two measurement periods (1. year apart). Results revealed that Time 1 parental and teacher support were positively associated with Time 2 career optimism. Furthermore, we found that these direct relationships were fully mediated by Time 1 career decision-making self-efficacy. These results remained significant even after controlling for neuroticism and past performance. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
KW - Career decision-making self-efficacy
KW - Career optimism
KW - Parental support
KW - Social cognitive theory
KW - Teacher support
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84923283032
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 88
SP - 10
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
ER -