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Difficulties in Career Decision Making and Self-Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis

Udayar, Shagini, Levin, Nimrod, Lipshits-Braziler, Yuliya, Rochat, Shékina, Di Fabio, Annamaria, Gati, Itamar, Sovet, Laurent, Rossier, Jérôme·2020·Journal of Career Assessment
DOI 10.1177/1069072720910089
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This meta-analysis examined the association between two types of difficulties in career decision making—indecision and indecisiveness—and four types of self-evaluations: generalized self-efficacy, process-related self-efficacy, content-related self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Analyses were conducted on data from 86 studies ( N = 54,160): Process-related self-efficacy showed stronger negative associations with career indecision than did generalized self-efficacy, content-related self-efficacy, or self-esteem. In contrast, self-esteem showed stronger negative associations with indecisiveness than with career indecision. The second part of this meta-analysis focused on differential associations between two types of self-evaluations (process-related self-efficacy and self-esteem) and the three major clusters of difficulties in career decision making (lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information). Based on 19 studies ( N = 7,953), the findings showed that process-related self-efficacy was strongly and negatively associated with lack of information and inconsistent information. In contrast, self-esteem was only weakly related to the three major clusters of difficulties in career decision making. In showing that each type of self-evaluation was more strongly associated with certain types and causes of difficulties in career decision making, the present article highlighted the importance of self-evaluations in the career decision-making process.

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Authors
Udayar, S., Levin, N., Lipshits-Braziler, Y., Rochat, S., Di Fabio, A., Gati, I., Sovet, L., & Rossier, J.
Affiliations
  • Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • The Seymour Fox School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, Italy
  • Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Laboratory of Applied Psychology and Ergonomics, University of Paris, France
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Journal of Career Assessment
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SAGE Publications
Published
2020-03-19
Volume
28
Issue
4
Pages
608-635
ISSN
  • 1069-0727
  • 1552-4590
DOI
10.1177/1069072720910089
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53
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en
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (51NF40-160590)

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Udayar, S., Levin, N., Lipshits-Braziler, Y., Rochat, S., Di Fabio, A., Gati, I., Sovet, L., & Rossier, J. (2020). Difficulties in Career Decision Making and Self-Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720910089