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Yu, Hsiao-Ping; Jen, Enyi – High Ability Studies, 2021
The purpose of this research is to investigate the relations between gender roles, career self-efficacy, and career development of STEM gifted girls in high schools and universities in Taiwan, from a developmental perspective. It includes two studies. In Study 1, 473 gifted girls from eight high schools in Taiwan participated, and, based on a…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Self Efficacy, Academically Gifted, Females
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Mau, Wei-Cheng; Chen, Shr-Jya; Lin, Chi-Chau – Education Sciences, 2019
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CCIS) with data from 590 high-school students in Taiwan. Measurement models based on Social-Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and STEM discipline-specific dimensions (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) were examined using…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Interests, STEM Education, Career Choice
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Li, Jiaqi; Mau, Wei-Cheng Joseph; Chen, Shr-Jya; Lin, Tzu-Chi; Lin, Ting-Yu – Journal of Career Development, 2021
Although personal inputs and contextual variables in social cognitive career theory (SCCT) are recognized as key factors that affect career interests and choices, research has given minimal attention to the role of these variables in a collectivistic culture context. We present a study examining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Careers, Career Development, Career Choice
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Lu, Ying-Yan; Chen, Hsiang-Ting; Hong, Zuway-R.; Yore, Larry D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
There appears to be a complex network of cognitive and affective factors that influence students' decisions to study science and motivate their choices to engage in science-oriented careers. This study explored 330 Taiwanese senior high school students' awareness of their science teacher's learning leadership and how it relates to the students'…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Science Teachers, Teacher Leadership, Positive Attitudes
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Liu, Yi-hui; Lou, Shi-jer; Shih, Ru-chu – South African Journal of Education, 2014
This study employed social cognitive theory and social cognitive career theory (SCCT) as foundations to explore the influence of high school students' beliefs about female gender roles and female engineer role models on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) self-efficacy and professional commitment to engineering. A total of 88…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Self Efficacy, Student Projects, Questionnaires
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Wu, Ya-Ling – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2012
In Taiwan, the occupational achievement of indigenous people has been well below that of their non-indigenous counterparts. Studies have confirmed that the occupational aspirations of adolescents significantly influence their adult career choices and achievements. Therefore, this study tested the proposed theoretical model of occupational…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Career Development
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Tien, Hsiu-Lan Shelley; Wang, Ying-Fen; Liu, Ling-Chun – Career Development Quarterly, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of career barriers in social cognitive career theory (R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994). The participants were 584 high school students in Taiwan, Republic of China. The gender differences in perceived career barriers and career self-efficacy were significant. Results of hierarchical…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences