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A Social Cognitive View of School-to-Work Transition

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Lent, Robert W.
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Hackett, Gail
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Brown, Steven D.
Career Development Quarterly
Journal · Vol. 47 · Issue 4 · pp. 297-311
Abstract

This article considers social cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) as a vantage point from which to view the school-to-work transition process. Rather than emphasizing the period just before high school graduation, SCCT focuses on 6 developmentally linked themes that unfold throughout the school years. An emphasis on these themes (formation of self-efficacy and outcome beliefs, interest development, interest-goal linkages, translation of goals into actions, performance skills, negotiation of transition supports and barriers) suggests targets for developmental and remedial interventions that promote students' career development across the school years and after work entry.

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Dept. of Counseling and Pers. Serv., University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Dept. of Counseling and Pers. Serv., University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Department of Counseling Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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