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Predicting the Job and Life Satisfaction of Italian Teachers: Test of a Social Cognitive Model
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Lent, Robert W.; Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore; Ginevra, Maria C.; Duffy, Ryan D.; Brown, Steven D. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
This study tested a social cognitive model of work and life satisfaction (Lent & Brown, 2006, 2008) in a sample of 235 Italian school teachers. The model offered good overall fit to the data, though not all individual path coefficients were significant. Three of five predictors (favorable work conditions, efficacy-relevant supports, and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Teachers
Realistic Major Previews in the School-to-College Transition of Italian High School Students
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Lent, Robert W.; Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore; Ferrari, Lea – Career Development Quarterly, 2007
Industrial/organizational researchers have reported that realistic job previews diminish prospective workers' expectations but promote the satisfaction and persistence of those who ultimately accept a job assignment. The authors applied this strategy to the context of school-to-college transition; 354 Italian high school students were provided…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Occupational Information, Self Efficacy, High School Students
Testing Social Cognitive Interest and Choice Hypotheses across Holland Types in Italian High School Students.
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Lent, Robert W.; Brown, Steven D.; Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2003
Italian high school students (n=796) completed measures related to Social Cognitive Career Theory and Holland's personality types. Findings supported hypotheses that self-efficacy and outcome expectations predict interests. Whether the mediation effect of interests was full or partial varied across types. Social supports/barriers related to career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Expectation, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Relation of Type and Amount of Training to Career Counseling Self-Efficacy in Italy
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Soresi, Salvatore; Nota, Laura; Lent, Robert W. – Career Development Quarterly, 2004
This study examined the relation of self-efficacy to length and type of training in a sample of Italian career counselors. Findings indicated that amount of career counseling training was positively related to counselors' self-efficacy regarding their abilities to conceptualize vocational problems, deal with career indecision concerns, and provide…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Career Counseling, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries