Understanding Career Goal Discrepancy and Volitional Actions in Young Adults
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Hood, Michelle H
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Creed, Peter A
Duffy, Amanda L
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This PhD examined negative career goal discrepancies with progress to date (self-referenced discrepancy) and parent expectations (parent-referenced discrepancy) in young adults. Three studies tested models based on goal-setting/self-regulatory theories of direct and indirect relationships between these discrepancies and various career development outcomes. [...] Taken together, the three studies make an important contribution to goal-setting/self-regulation theories in the career context. They showed that internal and external sources of career goal discrepancy (self- and parent-referenced) are distinguishable, have different relationships with career development outcomes, and operate through different underlying mechanisms. This research also has implications for practice. Practitioners might help young adults to deal with career goal discrepancies by managing their limited self-regulatory resources and emotional responses. Understanding mechanisms via which career goal discrepancies affect career development in young adults is critical to understanding how to assist them to achieve long-term career success.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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School of Applied Psychology
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career goal discrepancy
self-regulatory processes
volitional actions