Social cognitive career theory, conscientiousness, and work performance: A meta-analytic path analysis |
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Authors: | Steven D Brown Robert W Lent Kyle Telander Selena Tramayne |
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Institution: | aCounseling Psychology Program, Loyola University Chicago, USA;bDepartment of Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland, USA |
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Abstract: | We performed a meta-analytic path analysis of an abbreviated version of social cognitive career theory's (SCCT) model of work performance (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994). The model we tested included the central cognitive predictors of performance (ability, self-efficacy, performance goals), with the exception of outcome expectations. Results suggested that a slightly modified version of the model, incorporating a path between ability and goals, provided adequate fit to the data. In addition, we examined alternative pathways through which conscientiousness, a Big 5 personality variable, might operate in concert with the social cognitive variables in predicting work performance. Good fit was found for a model in which conscientiousness is linked to performance both directly and indirectly via self-efficacy and goals. The implications of these results for SCCT, future research, and practical efforts to facilitate work performance are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Social cognitive career theory Conscientiousness Meta-analysis |
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