Effective career decision-making outcomes may depend on the type of motivation underlying career development. The purpose of this study was to analyze how autonomous and controlled motivation predict exploration behaviors and career indecision and in which degree the effect of motivation on indecision is mediated by career exploration…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between career indecision and career anxiety (career anxiety in terms of the effect of family and choice of profession) in high school students through structural equation modeling (SEM). Research Methods: The method used in the study is the relational model. The study group…

The career concern differences between undecided and decided college students (N = 223) are examined. Undecided college students (n = 83) reported lower career decision-making self-efficacy, higher incidences of negative career thoughts, and more career decision-making difficulties than their decided peers (n = 143). Results reveal that undecided…

The purpose of this workbook is to help youth to take the lead in planning for their adult lives. The workbook shares important information, encourages youth to begin thinking about life after high school, and offers ideas they can use to plan routes to reach their goals. This is not a workbook parents, educators or others should hand to young…

The three articles presented here discuss the development and implementation of Human Resource Development training (HRD) for counselors and the Career Decision Making Skills (CDMS) delivery system which represent a step in the direction of providing a model for effectively developing student resources. (JC)

Four types of career counseling are described: a traditional vocational counseling approach which helps the client with a specific decision; teaches decision making skills; one which views career development as a process rather than an endpoint; an one which focuses on creating the ability to utilize one's own strengths to achieve self determined…

Content areas of a course on preparing for work include employability skills, coping skills, decision making skills, and career planning. (Editor)

Presents a workable, systemwide model for career awareness and development on the college level. Purports that career development must be seen as more than mere information giving, and must incorporate all facets of an institution's endeavors from the classroom to the actual decision-making processes of the individual. (Author/PC)

This document briefly summarizes the Kansas Model for career education. The model is explained through comparisons with other models, and through a brief description of its two-dimensional structure of process phases on one side and four career components on the other side (self, work, leisure, resources). The process itself is a decision-making…

This student workbook contains exercises to be used in career guidance classes. The exercises are designed to help the students understand the Career Clarification Program, think about themselves in relationship to careers, and practice decision-making skills. An instructor's guide (CE 023 587), which accompanies the student workbook, provides…

This article describes the process used by a high school counselor to design career decision-making activities, field-test the activities, and use the field-test results to determine the most effective career decision-making program. (Author)