TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of career barriers in high school students' career choice behavior in Taiwan
AU - Tien, Hsiu Lan Shelley
AU - Wang, Ying Fen
AU - Liu, Ling Chun
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the role of career barriers in social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994). The participants were 584 high school students in Taiwan, Republic of China. The gender differences in perceived career barriers and career self-efficacy were significant. Results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that some of the perceived career barriers were significant in predicting individuals' career choice behavior after controlling for career self-efficacy in certain career types.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the role of career barriers in social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994). The participants were 584 high school students in Taiwan, Republic of China. The gender differences in perceived career barriers and career self-efficacy were significant. Results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that some of the perceived career barriers were significant in predicting individuals' career choice behavior after controlling for career self-efficacy in certain career types.
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U2 - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2009.tb00112.x
DO - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2009.tb00112.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65249162976
SN - 0889-4019
VL - 57
SP - 274
EP - 288
JO - Career Development Quarterly
JF - Career Development Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -