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The Role of Personality and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in the Career Choice Commitment of College Students

Naitian Wang

University at Albany, State University of New York, Naitian.Wang{at}stonybrook.edu

LaRae M. Jome

University at Albany, State University of New York

Richard F. Haase

University at Albany, State University of New York

Monroe A. Bruch

University at Albany, State University of New York

This study investigated the effects of personality and career decision-making self-efficacy on progress in career choice commitment in a sample of 184 college students. It was hypothesized that self-efficacy would mediate the relationship between neuroticism and extraversion and career choice commitment. Results revealed significant differences between White students and a composite group of students of color on the study variables. For White students, self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between extraversion and career choice commitment, whereas for students of color, a partially mediated model fit the data in which neuroticism and extraversion were related to career choice commitment directly and indirectly through self-efficacy. The results of this study are discussed in terms of the implications they might have for career theory and research.

Key Words: career decision-making self-efficacy • career decision-making • personality traits • racial group differences • mediated models

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 3, 312-332 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706286474
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