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Vocational Interests and Career Efficacy Expectations in Relation to Occupational Sex-Typing Beliefs for Eighth Grade Students

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Journal of Career Development

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Following the recommendations of Lent, Brown and Hackett's Social Cognitive Career Theory (2000), we measured eighth grade boys' and girls' perception of the proportion of men and women employed in occupations and their level of interest and self-efficacy for those occupations. Results indicated that eighth grade boys and girls expressed stronger career interest in and higher self-efficacy for those occupations that they rated as employing more of their own gender. The study highlights how career practitioners can work with adolescents to widen their perceived range of occupational choices.

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  1. University of Illinois at Chicago, 265 East Armitage, Elmhurst, IL 60126, USA

    Peter Y. Ji

  2. University of Missouri, USA

    Richard T. Lapan

  3. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Kevin Tate

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Ji, P.Y., Lapan, R.T. & Tate, K. Vocational Interests and Career Efficacy Expectations in Relation to Occupational Sex-Typing Beliefs for Eighth Grade Students. Journal of Career Development 31, 143–154 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10871-004-0571-8

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