Showing papers by "Steven D. Brown published in 2013"
TL;DR: This work presents a social cognitive model of career self-management and offers examples of the adaptive, process behaviors to which it can be applied (e.g., career decision making/exploration, job searching, career advancement, negotiation of work transitions and multiple roles).
Abstract: Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) currently consists of 4 overlapping, segmental models aimed at understanding educational and occupational interest development, choice-making, performance and persistence, and satisfaction/well-being. To this point, the theory has emphasized content aspects of career behavior, for instance, prediction of the types of activities, school subjects, or career fields that form the basis for people's educational/vocational interests and choice paths. However, SCCT may also lend itself to study of many process aspects of career behavior, including such issues as how people manage normative tasks and cope with the myriad challenges involved in career preparation, entry, adjustment, and change, regardless of the specific educational and occupational fields they inhabit. Such a process focus can augment and considerably expand the range of the dependent variables for which SCCT was initially designed. Building on SCCT's existing models, we present a social cognitive model of career self-management and offer examples of the adaptive, process behaviors to which it can be applied (e.g., career decision making/exploration, job searching, career advancement, negotiation of work transitions and multiple roles).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a shorter and more efficient measure of these four major sources of indecision for future use in research and counseling, which they called CIP-65.
Abstract: Prior research using a 167-item measure of career indecision (Career Indecision Profile-167 [CIP-167]) has suggested that career choice difficulties may be associated with four major sources of career indecision: neuroticism/negative affectivity, choice/commitment anxiety, lack of readiness, and interpersonal conflicts. The purpose of this study was to develop a shorter and more efficient measure of these four major sources of indecision for future use in research and counseling. The development of the measure (CIP-65) is described and the results of a confirmatory factor analytic study of its structure are presented along with initial reliability and validity data. We conclude by discussing implications for future research on the CIP-65 and its potential use in counseling individuals with choice-making difficulties.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the measurement equivalence of a recently developed multiscale measure of career indecision (Career Indecision Profile-65; CIP-65).
Abstract: This study explored the measurement equivalence of a recently developed multiscale measure of career indecision (Career Indecision Profile-65; CIP-65). Previous research had supported a four-factor structure of the CIP-65 in U.S. college students with factors appearing to measure (a) neuroticism/negative affectivity, (b) choice/commitment anxiety, (c) lack of readiness, and (d) interpersonal conflicts. The current study employed multiple groups confirmatory factor analyses to test whether the four CIP-65 factors are measured equivalently in the United States and Iceland. Results revealed that the four-factor structure fit both U.S. and Icelandic samples, but that two of the factors (choice/commitment anxiety and Interpersonal Conflicts might hold different psychological meanings in the two countries (i.e., factor loadings were not invariant). Some explanations for the lack of invariance in factor loadings are offered along with suggestions for future research and implications for practice.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the major contributions on applications of vocational psychology to criminal justice populations and suggest that this integrative effort may be aided by inclusion of a new SCCT process model of career development.
Abstract: We comment on the major contributions on applications of vocational psychology to criminal justice populations. All three articles present exciting directions for vocational psychology research and practice—directions that have exceptional resonance with the field’s commitment to social justice. We are intrigued by the authors’ use of social cognitive career theory (SCCT), along with the risks–need–responsivity model, as a theoretical platform for enhancing the vocational development of offenders. We suggest that this integrative effort may be aided by inclusion of a new SCCT process model of career development. We briefly summarize this process model and consider how it may be applied to interventions designed to promote vocational outcomes and reduce recidivism with criminal justice populations.
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