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Social Cognitive Career Theory

By: Robert W. Lent, Gail Hackett & Steven D. Brown
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:career choice; careers; cognitive theories; efficacy; self-efficacy; social cognitive theory; the self

Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) seeks to explain three interrelated aspects of career development: (1) how basic academic and career interests develop, (2) how educational and career choices are made, and (3) how academic and career success is obtained. Developed by ...

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  Lent, R., Hackett, G., & Brown, S. (2008). Social cognitive career theory. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1628-1630). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n585
  
  Lent, Robert W., Gail Hackett, and Steven D. Brown. "Social Cognitive Career Theory." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 1628-30. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n585.
  
  Lent, R., Hackett, G. and Brown, S. 2008. Social Cognitive Career Theory. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1628-1630 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n585> [Accessed 6 May 2021].
  
  Lent, Robert W., et al. "Social Cognitive Career Theory." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1628-30. SAGE Knowledge. 6 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n585.
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