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Peeling Back the Onion: Personality, Problem Solving, and Career Decision-Making Style Correlates of Career Indecision

Virginia Commonwealth University

Melissa L. Rose

Virginia Commonwealth University

Timothy R. Elliott

Virginia Commonwealth University

Cheri Marmarosh

Virginia Commonwealth University

Susan Caldwell

Virginia Commonwealth University

A model to predict affective and informational antecedents of career indecision was proposed. The model attempted to explicate paths between personality dispositions, appraisal of problem-solving skills, career decision-making styles, and antecedents of career indecision. Both personality and coping constructs were posited to examine the relative contribution of dispositional and perceived skill variables. Using a college student sample, results from a path analysis indicated that the disposition of neuroticism was a powerful predictor of perceived problem-solving skills, a dependent decision- making style, and both affective and informational antecedents of career indecision. The predicted effects of the coping constructs were of a much smaller magnitude. Directions for future research are discussed and several suggestions for career counseling assessment and intervention selection are made.

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 1, No. 1, 66-82 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/106907279300100107


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