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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Catherine R. Cosgrove

Scale (CDMSE)20,the Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale21 and the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale22. The CDMSE Scalemeasures an individual’s belief that she can successfully complete tasks necessary for making career decisions.The scale is based on Crites’23 model of career maturity. Five behavioral domains are measured: Accurateself-appraisal, gathering occupational information, goal selection, making plans for the future, and problemsolving. The scale consists of 52 items (e.g. How much confidence do you have that you could: Choose acareer in which most workers are the opposite sex), rated on a ten-point scale (O= No confidence, 9 =Complete confMence)24. On the Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale, participants are asked to rate how con.fkkmtthey are

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Leevones Dubose; Jean Newman; Cecil Ramage; Burke Johnson; Brenda Litchfield; Edmund Tsang

assessing attitude toward cooperative learning; 30 items came from asurvey used at the University of Pittsburgh12 to assess attitudes toward engineering, efficacy in engineering,self-assessed study skills, and problem-solving ability; 57 items came from an instrument assessing self-efficacy and career indecision13 and included the following factors: goal selection, planning, problem-solving, occupational information, and self-appraisal. The item formats were 4, 6, and 8 point rating scalesand descriptive type questions. In addition to the above, the students were asked to define engineering, and toassess their confidence in the related academic areas of calculus, physics, chemistry, writing, speaking, andcomputers. In the second instrument

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Krumwiede; Chwen Sheu; Jerome P. Lavelle

perspective, not just a view of short-term goals such as 12 quarterly results.4. Top management must be a role model, walking the talk. 12-5. Top management must inspire confidence by encouraging personal development of workers and simply 12 saying thanks.6. Top management must ensure that workers’ needs are met. 18 2 7. Individual goals must be recognized and respected. 8. The need for employee training and retraining must be recognized. 1>2 9. Employee self-efficacy beliefs and ideological values musl be enhanced.2G One of the strongest personality characteristics needed from top management in order to appropriately