Association between Career Program, Support for Career Development and Commitment with Career Choice

Career Concerns and Career Choice ∗

In many industries workers face a choice between high and low visibility jobs. The former let all potential employers observe performance, the latter only the current employer. This paper argues that workers getting a positive initial signal about their talent are willing to incur costs to work in high visibility jobs in order to avoid a hold up problem with the current employer in the second p...

Emotional Aptitude, Career Commitment, and Career Success

This study examined whether attributes of emotional intelligence and career commitment predicted career success using both objective and subjective indicators of career success. Survey results from 60 adult education students with full-time employment indicated that career commitment predicted salary attainment and career satisfaction. Career commitment was also found to mediate the relationshi...

Overconfidence and Career Choice

People self-assess their relative ability when making career choices. Thus, confidence in their own abilities is likely an important factor for selection into various career paths. In a sample of 711 first-year students we examine whether there are systematic differences in confidence levels across fields of study. We find that our experimental confidence measures significantly vary between fie...

Teacher Professionalisation and Career Commitment

Overall, the findings of the present study suggest that teachers have low to moderate levels of professionalisation, high level of career identity and moderate levels of career resilience, and career planning. From the T-tests and F-tests conducted, it was found that gender has a significant impact on career identity whereas age and marital status have significant impact on career planning and ...

Career Development