TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of personal growth initiative and coping styles on career exploration and vocational identity
AU - Robitschek, Christine
AU - Cook, Stephen W.
PY - 1999/2
Y1 - 1999/2
N2 - Participants were college students, 107 women and 98 men. Path analysis provided moderate support for Harren's model of personal characteristics leading to vocational exploration, which in turn leads to vocational identity. Specifically, personal growth initiative predicted environmental exploration and vocational identity. Coping style predicted self-exploration. Support was found for the prediction of vocational identity by environmental exploration. The presence of both direct and indirect paths between personal characteristics and vocational identity highlights the importance of considering both career exploration processes and outcomes. Implications for practitioners are presented.
AB - Participants were college students, 107 women and 98 men. Path analysis provided moderate support for Harren's model of personal characteristics leading to vocational exploration, which in turn leads to vocational identity. Specifically, personal growth initiative predicted environmental exploration and vocational identity. Coping style predicted self-exploration. Support was found for the prediction of vocational identity by environmental exploration. The presence of both direct and indirect paths between personal characteristics and vocational identity highlights the importance of considering both career exploration processes and outcomes. Implications for practitioners are presented.
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U2 - 10.1006/jvbe.1998.1650
DO - 10.1006/jvbe.1998.1650
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033072767
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 54
SP - 127
EP - 141
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 1
ER -