Persistent career indecision over time: Links with personality, barriers, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction
Publisher DOI
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2015-12
Publication Type
Article
Subjects
Career indecision
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Career indecisiveness
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Latent state-trait analysis
Language(s)
en
Author(s)
Jaensch, Vanessa Katharina | |
Freund, Philipp Alexander |
Additional Credits
Journal
Journal of vocational behavior
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0001-8791
Access(Rights)
restricted