Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)

Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)

• Builds on the assumption that cognitive factors play an important role in career development and decision making
• Closely linked to Krumboltz's learning theory of career counseling
• Incorporates Bandura's triadic reciprocal model of causality

Triadic Reciprocal Model

• Relationship among goals, self efficacy, and outcome expectations is complex
• This occurs within the framework of causality comprised of:

1. personal attributes
2. external environmental factors
3. overt behavior

*self efficacy: people's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designted types of performances.