LEVERAGING ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH SELF-EFFICACY

The majority of research examining the impact of self-efficacy on performance across
a variety of settings has provided evidence to validate the claim that agency beliefs facilitate
human achievement. However, such inquiries have focused within a single domain of
functioning. The present study explores the influence of agency beliefs on academic success
and the counteraction of the lack of decisiveness in the case of career choice, also known as
career indecision. The first part of the paper is conceptual and provides the reader with the
theoretical background behind both constructs. The quantitative analysis supported the
existence of a bi-directional relationship between the study variables. The last section of the
paper is devoted to the qualitative investigation and discussion of the implications prompted
by our examination and reveals several noteworthy conclusions: the inability of the
participants to extend their agency beliefs from one domain of functioning to another domain
without initial guidance and the lack of a clear vision of a future career path stemming from
insufficient career counselling.

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