This article discusses what the author views as exemplary work illustrating important
directions in research on the applications of Bandura's self-efficacy theory to career theory …

Over the past 25 years, numerous researchers have studied the effects of mentoring on work
outcomes. However, several reviewers have noted that many of the observed relationships …

We tested the interest and choice portion of social–cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent,
Brown, & Hackett, 1994) in the context of science, technology, engineering, and …

The biasing effects of measurement error in path analysis models can be overcome by the
use of latent variable models. In cases where path analysis is used in practice, it is often …

The authors investigated differences in college‐going expectations of middle school
students who would be the 1st in their families to attend college. Social‐cognitive career …

Counselor educators are called to be effective researchers; however, limited study has
investigated research constructs within counselor educators‐in‐training. This study …

Research self-efficacy represents the adaptation of the social cognitive concept of self-
efficacy to the field of academic and scientific research and is one of the best predictors of …

Sixteen 3rd-year counseling psychology doctoral students were interviewed about their
relationships with their graduate advisors. Of those students, 10 were satisfied and 6 were …

Measures of research self-efficacy have the potential to facilitate graduate training and
mentoring, but the hypothesized factor structures of these measures have not been …

Faculty members in higher education are called to be effective researchers; however, there
is limited research examining the research development of Ph. D. students. The cross …