Self-efficacy has long been viewed as an important determinant of academic performance. A
counter-position is that self-efficacy is merely a reflection of past performance. Research in …

Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) consists of five interrelated models. Its original models
focus on the determinants of educational and occupational interest, choice, and …

Drawing on 12 semi-structured interviews with Black, Latina, and white graduate women
who either continued or discontinued their STEM doctoral degrees, the present study …

Purpose This research adopts the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and a moderated
mediation model to investigate the moderating impacts of entrepreneurial fear of failure …

Abstract Theory suggests that proximal contextual variables contribute to women's
underrepresentation in STEM fields. We therefore examined relationships between …

Using social–cognitive career theory, we identified the experiential sources of learning that
contribute to research self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and science identity for …

Background, context, and purpose of the study Enrolling over 60% of all Latinx
undergraduate students, Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) are poised to play a critical role …

The purpose of this study, which was conducted over the course of five semesters at one
institution, was to determine the effectiveness of the Academic Coaching for Excellence …

We examined the utility of social cognitive variables in the longitudinal prediction of
academic persistence and success of engineering students. The participants, 908 students …

Backgrounds This study examined how developing an engineering identity through the
interplay between interest, recognition, and performance/competence beliefs and …