Person-environment congruence and career self-efficacy

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between person-en vironment congruence and career search and decisionmaking self-efficacy for a sample of 200 women college students. Selfefficacy was defined by the Ca reer Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) and the Career Search Eff icacy Scale (CSES). The congruent, incongruent, and undecided college major choice groups were defined according to Holland's theory of personality di spositions and work environments. The First Letter of the Holland code and the "C" index were used to define congruence. Findings revealed significant differences between the congruent, incongruent, and undecided groups for t he two definitions of congruence for the CSES. The findings varied for the CDMSES. Overall, undecided women reported lower levels of career decision-m aking self-efficacy and career search self-efficacy than women who had chos en a college major regardless of whether or not the major was congruent wit h personality type.