Abstract
The present study consisted of developing the Kuder Task Self-Efficacy Scale (KTSES). The KTSES is a 30-item scale measuring a person's self-efficacy for tasks corresponding to Kuder's 10 occupational interest areas (Kuder Zytowski, 1991). Responses from the KTSES were compared with responses to the Self-Esteem Inventory (SES; Rosenberg, 1965) and the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSE; Taylor Betz, 1983) to see if career task self-efficacy was related to self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy. Answers to the KTSES were also compared with responses given for occupations corresponding to the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS; Kuder Zytowski, 1991) to see if occupational self-efficacy was related to career task self-efficacy. Results supported the validity and reliability of the KTSES. The utility of having a task self-efficacy scale to go with the KOIS is discussed, and ideas for future research are given.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 432-459 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of Vocational Behavior |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1997 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by a grant from CTB MacMillian/McGraw Hill. We thank Kayla Dovel and Jeanette Johnson for assistance with the administrative aspects of this study. This study was based on Jennifer L. Lucas’s master’s thesis, which was completed under the direction of Connie Wanberg at Kansas State University. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jennifer L. Lucas, Kansas State University, Department of Psychology, Bluemont Hall, 1100 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, KS 66506-0507.