The Role of Career Barriers in High School Students' Career Choice Behavior in Taiwan |
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| Authors: | Hsiu‐Lan Shelley Tien Ying‐Fen Wang Ling‐Chun Liu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Educational Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign;3. Department of Counseling and Applied Psychology, National Taichung University, Taichung, Taiwan;4. Special Education Department, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign;5. Ling‐Chun Liu is now in private practice. This research was supported by a grant from the National Science Council in Taiwan (NSC 89–2413‐H‐153–002‐SSS). A previous draft was presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association in August 2006 in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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| Abstract: | 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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