APPLICATIONS OF SELF-EFFICACY THEORY TO THE CAREER ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN

This article reviews the applicability of self-efficacy theory to the career assessment of women. The article begins by summarizing Bandura' s self-efficacy theory, including its particular relevance to women's career development. Next, the domains of occupational, scientific-tech nical, and mathematics self-efficacy are reviewed, followed by those r epresented by Holland's RIASEC model and Rooney and Osipow's (1992; Os ipow, Temple, & Rooney, 1993) Task-Specific Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale (TSOSS). The article concludes with a review of work on the rel ationship of self-efficacy to vocational interests and on counseling i mplications of self-efficacy theory.