Self-efficacy theory as a basis for career assessment

This article reviews the basic postulates of self-efficacy theory and descr ibes its applications to the study of career choice and development. Follow ing a discussion of issues involved in the measurement of perceived self-ef ficacy with respect to domains of career behavior, measurement of and resea rch on occupational self-efficacy, mathematics self-efficacy, self-efficacy with respect to basic domains of activity, and career decision self-effica cy are reviewed. The relationship of self-efficacy to vocational interests and the particular relevance of the theory to the career development of wom en and members of racial/ethnic minority groups are also discussed.