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Social Cognitive Career
Theory
(SCCT)
Robert W. Lent
Steven D. Brown
Gail Hackett
- SCCT Stresses self-referent thinking
in Motivation and in Behavior
Predicts:
Interests
Choices
Performance
Offers a potentially unifying
framework

How Holland types develop
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How learning experiences influence interests in Krumboltz’s
theory

What factors affect differential role salience in Super’s
theory

How people acquire abilities in Dawis’ and Loftquist’s
Theory of Work Adjustment
SCCT – Central concepts and
assumptions
 Person-environment interaction is
dynamic and situation specific
 People are products AND producers of
their environments
 Key Theoretical Constructs
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Self-efficacy
Outcome expectations
Goals (symbolic representations of desired
future outcomes)
Development of Basic Career Interests over Time
(Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994)
Perceived
Abilities
Self-Efficacy
Sources of
Self-Efficacy
and Outcome
Expectations
Interest
Intentions/
Goals for
Activity
Involvement
Outcome
Expectations
Values
Activity
Selection
and
Practice
Performance
Attainments (e.g.,
goal fulfillment,
skill development
Person, Contextual, and Experiential Factors Affecting Career-Related Choice Behavior
(Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1993)
Person Inputs
-Predispositions
-Gender
-Ethnicity
-Disability/Health
Status
12
11
1
10
7
Learning
Experiences
Interest
moderate
Self-Efficacy
moderate
Contextual Influences
Proximal to Choice Behavior
Choice
Goals
3
8
9
2
Background
Contextual
Affordances
4
Outcome
Expectations
6
Choice
Actions
5
Performance
Domains and
Attainments
SCCT – Intervention Implications
 Expand interests and facilitate choice
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Revisit Foreclosed options
 Overcome barriers to choice and
success
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Highlight Supports
 Develop and modify self-efficacy and
outcome expectations