Difficulties in Career Decision Making and Self-Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis

Shagini Udayar*, Nimrod Levin, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler, Shékina Rochat, Annamaria Di Fabio, Itamar Gati, Laurent Sovet, Jérôme Rossier

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Abstract

This meta-analysis examined the association between two types of difficulties in career decision making—indecision and indecisiveness—and four types of self-evaluations: generalized self-efficacy, process-related self-efficacy, content-related self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Analyses were conducted on data from 86 studies (N = 54,160): Process-related self-efficacy showed stronger negative associations with career indecision than did generalized self-efficacy, content-related self-efficacy, or self-esteem. In contrast, self-esteem showed stronger negative associations with indecisiveness than with career indecision. The second part of this meta-analysis focused on differential associations between two types of self-evaluations (process-related self-efficacy and self-esteem) and the three major clusters of difficulties in career decision making (lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information). Based on 19 studies (N = 7,953), the findings showed that process-related self-efficacy was strongly and negatively associated with lack of information and inconsistent information. In contrast, self-esteem was only weakly related to the three major clusters of difficulties in career decision making. In showing that each type of self-evaluation was more strongly associated with certain types and causes of difficulties in career decision making, the present article highlighted the importance of self-evaluations in the career decision-making process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)608-635
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of Career Assessment
Volume28
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2020

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Keywords

  • career indecision
  • indecisiveness
  • meta-analysis
  • self-efficacy
  • self-esteem

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