Explaining Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: Personality, Cognitions, and Cultural Mistrust

Authors

Emily Bullock Yowell, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Lindsay Andrews, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Mary E. Buzzetta, University of Texas at San AntonioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2011

School

Psychology

Abstract

The authors explore the hypothesis that career decision-making self-efficacy could be affected by negative career thoughts, Big Five personality factors, and cultural mistrust in a sample of African American and Caucasian college students. Findings demonstrated that negative career thinking, openness, and conscientiousness explained a significant amount of variance in career decision-making self-efficacy in a general sample of college students, but no unique variance was explained by cultural mistrust in a sample of African American college students.

Publication Title

Career Development Quarterly

Volume

59

Issue

5

First Page

400

Last Page

411

Recommended Citation

Yowell, E. B., Andrews, L., Buzzetta, M. E. (2011). Explaining Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: Personality, Cognitions, and Cultural Mistrust. Career Development Quarterly, 59(5), 400-411.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/342