The Relationship Between Perceived Career Barriers and Career Decision Self-Efficacy on Initial Career Choice Among Low-Income, First Generation, Pre-Freshman, College-Bound Students

Authors

Nicole Pulliam, Monmouth UniversityFollow
Kara P. Ieva, Rowan UniversityFollow
Larry Burlew, Chicago School of Professional PsychologyFollow

Abstract

This study was an investigation of the predictive value of perceived career barriers and career decision self-efficacy on the certainty of initial career choice among low-income pre-freshman college students, an under-studied college population with respect to career development (Winograd & Shick Tryon, 2009). The moderating effects of certain cultural characteristics (race, gender and college generational status) on the certainty of initial career choice were also examined. A non-experimental correlational research design was utilized, along with a multiple linear regression analysis, to investigate the predictability of perceived career barriers and career decision self-efficacy, directly and as moderated by the cultural characteristics of gender, race and college generational status on the certainty of initial career choice among pre-freshmen low-income, first generation college-bound students.

Recommended Citation

Pulliam, Nicole; Ieva, Kara P.; and Burlew, Larry (2017) "The Relationship Between Perceived Career Barriers and Career Decision Self-Efficacy on Initial Career Choice Among Low-Income, First Generation, Pre-Freshman, College-Bound Students," Journal of College Access: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jca/vol3/iss2/7