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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Gloster, Clay S.; Wilkins, Gregory – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
We tested the social cognitive model of choice (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) using a longitudinal design. Participants were 116 students taking beginning engineering courses at two historically Black universities. They completed measures of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interests, goals, and environmental supports and barriers near the end…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Interests, Engineering, Social Cognition
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Brown, Steven D.; Tramayne, Selena; Hoxha, Denada; Telander, Kyle; Fan, Xiaoyan; Lent, Robert W. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This study tested Social Cognitive Career Theory's (SCCT) academic performance model using a two-stage approach that combined meta-analytic and structural equation modeling methodologies. Unbiased correlations obtained from a previously published meta-analysis [Robbins, S. B., Lauver, K., Le, H., Davis, D., & Langley, R. (2004). Do psychosocial…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Structural Equation Models, Persistence, Academic Achievement
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Stumpf, Stephen A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Investigates Hall's psychological success-based model of career development using path analyses across three faculty roles. The model received moderate support for each role. Found alternative paths from performance to job involvement and satisfaction with promotional opportunities but did not contradict the portions of the psychological success…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, Goal Orientation, Higher Education