Persistent career indecision over time: Links with personality, barriers, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction
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In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 91, 01.12.2015, p. 122-133.
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T1 - Persistent career indecision over time: Links with personality, barriers, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction
AU - Jaensch, Vanessa Katharina
AU - Hirschi, Andreas
AU - Freund, Philipp Alexander
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Taking control over one's career requires the ability to make career decisions; thus, remaining in a state of career indecision is problematic. However, the stability of career indecision has not yet been investigated using advanced statistical modeling approaches. We present two studies of German university students applying three-wave, longitudinal designs. Study 1 investigated the stability of career indecision by means of latent state-trait analysis within two samples with different time lags (Sample 1: N = 363, 7 weeks; Sample 2: N = 591, 6 months). The results indicated that career indecision was determined by a stable component (i.e., trait career indecisiveness) that was associated with lower core self-evaluations, lower occupational self-efficacy, and higher perceived career barriers. Study 2 (N = 469) examined career indecision over one year. We found that the stable career indecision component explained 5% of the variance in student life satisfaction beyond self-evaluated generalized indecisiveness.
AB - Taking control over one's career requires the ability to make career decisions; thus, remaining in a state of career indecision is problematic. However, the stability of career indecision has not yet been investigated using advanced statistical modeling approaches. We present two studies of German university students applying three-wave, longitudinal designs. Study 1 investigated the stability of career indecision by means of latent state-trait analysis within two samples with different time lags (Sample 1: N = 363, 7 weeks; Sample 2: N = 591, 6 months). The results indicated that career indecision was determined by a stable component (i.e., trait career indecisiveness) that was associated with lower core self-evaluations, lower occupational self-efficacy, and higher perceived career barriers. Study 2 (N = 469) examined career indecision over one year. We found that the stable career indecision component explained 5% of the variance in student life satisfaction beyond self-evaluated generalized indecisiveness.
KW - Management studies
KW - Career indecision
KW - Career indecisiveness
KW - Latent state-trait analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84944078092&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.09.010
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 91
SP - 122
EP - 133
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
SN - 0001-8791
ER -