Research Self-efficacy and Research Mentoring Experiences as Predictors of Occupational Commitment in Counselor Education Doctoral Students
The demands of research and pressure to publish have been identified as reasons doctoral graduates in counselor education infrequently choose faculty careers (Maples, Altekruse, a Testa, 1993; Swickert, 1997). Despite this finding, the counselor education literature provides very little information on doctoral students' research self-efficacy or perceived ability to complete research-related tasks (Bieschke, Bishop, a Herbert, 1995). In addition, research mentoring can enhance research self-efficacy (Hollingsworth a Fassinger, 2002), yet it too remains understudied. Research mentoring involves someone more experienced promoting research skill, awareness, and productivity to someone less experienced (Dohm a Cummings, 2002). Few studies have explored research self-efficacy, research mentoring, and occupational commitment (motivation to work as a counselor educator) in counselor education doctoral students. This study investigated the relationship between research self-efficacy and research mentoring experiences and the degree to which these two variables predict occupational commitment.I owe a significant amount of gratitude to my mother for teaching me and Linda about the importance of an education. I want to thank my twin sister for her superb coaching in preparation for the dissertation defense. I also would like to thankanbsp;...
| Title | : | Research Self-efficacy and Research Mentoring Experiences as Predictors of Occupational Commitment in Counselor Education Doctoral Students |
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| Publisher | : | ProQuest - 2008 |
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