Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-568

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Brown, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Goals; Outcome expectations; Self efficacy; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREER CHOICE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; GOALS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84887553563     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033446     Document Type: Article

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