Longitudinal relations of self-efficacy to outcome expectations, interests, and major choice goals in engineering students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-335

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Sheu, Hung Bin ^b   Singley, Daniel ^c   Schmidt, Janet A ^a   Schmidt, Linda C ^d   Gloster, Clay S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Howard University   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice goals; Engineering; Interests; Outcome expectations; Self efficacy; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049120095     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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