ERIC Number: EJ1007394
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jun
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Job Search Self-Efficacy of East Asian International Graduate Students
Lin, Yi-Jiun; Flores, Lisa Y.
Journal of Career Development, v40 n3 p186-202 Jun 2013
Using a sample of 86 East Asian international graduate students, this study examined Bandura's perceived self-efficacy model (1986) in the domain of job search self-efficacy and tested the mediating effects of job search self-efficacy in the relationship between efficacy source variables and job search behaviors. Results show that both performance accomplishments and verbal persuasion are significant predictors of job search self-efficacy and that performance accomplishments is a stronger predictor of job search self-efficacy than verbal persuasion. Moreover, verbal persuasion has a significant indirect effect on the job search behaviors through the mediation of job search self-efficacy. Vocational interventions for enhancing East Asian international graduate students' job search self-efficacy are suggested. The authors also address the theoretical and practical implications of the findings for East Asian international students' career development. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Development, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Asians, Models, Correlation, Job Search Methods, Predictor Variables, Persuasive Discourse, Verbal Communication, Intervention, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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