The five-factor model and career self-efficacy: General and domain-specific relationships

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-161

  Hartman, Robert O ^a,b   Betz, Nancy E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Social Science Automation Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bandura's self efficacy theory; Big five personality traits; Career decision self efficacy; Career self efficacy; Holland's theory; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247254372     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706298011     Document Type: Article

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