Spurk D, Abele AE (2014)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Volume: 84
Pages Range: 119-132
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.12.002
We integrated research on the dimensionality of career success into social-cognitive career theory and explored the positive feedback loop between occupational self-efficacy and objective and subjective career success over time (self-efficacy → objective success → subjective success → self-efficacy). Furthermore, we theoretically accounted for synchronous and time-lagged effects, as well as indirect reciprocity between the variables. We tested the proposed model by means of longitudinal structural equation modeling in a 9-year four-wave panel design, by applying a model comparison approach and indirect effect analyses (N = 608 professionals). The findings supported the proposed positive feedback loop between occupational self-efficacy and career success. Supporting our time-based reasoning, the findings showed that unfolding effects between occupational self-efficacy and objective career success take more time (i.e., time-lagged or over time) than unfolding effects between objective and subjective career success, as well as between subjective career success and occupational self-efficacy (i.e., synchronous or concurrently). Indirect effects of past on future occupational self-efficacy via objective and subjective career success were significant, providing support for an indirect reciprocity model. Results are discussed with respect to extensions of social-cognitive career theory and occupational self-efficacy development over time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)
APA:
Spurk, D., & Abele, A.E. (2014). Synchronous and time-lagged effects between occupational self-efficacy and objective and subjective career success: Findings from a four-wave and 9-year longitudinal study. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 84(2), 119-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2013.12.002
MLA:
Spurk, Daniel, and Andrea E. Abele. "Synchronous and time-lagged effects between occupational self-efficacy and objective and subjective career success: Findings from a four-wave and 9-year longitudinal study." Journal of Vocational Behavior 84.2 (2014): 119-132.
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