The Postulates of Expectancy Theory.

Behling, Orlando; Starke, Frederick A.

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“…According to expectancy-value theories, people judge the instrumentality of possible options, weigh their costs and benefits, and then select the course of action with the highest expected value (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980;Feather, 1982;Vroom, 1964). Instrumental value and outcome considerations are only a part of the basis of choice, and even the weighting of these factors is car-ried out quite inefficiently (Behling & Starke, 1973;Brandt, 1979;Simon, 1978). People act on their beliefs about what they can do as well as their beliefs about the likely outcomes of various courses of action (Bandura, 1997;Lent et al, 1994).…”

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Self‐Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

Bandura¹,

Barbaranelli²,

Caprara³

et al. 2001

Child Development

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This prospective study tested with 272 children a structural model of the network of sociocognitive influences that shape children's career aspirations and trajectories. Familial socioeconomic status is linked to children's career trajectories only indirectly through its effects on parents' perceived efficacy and academic aspirations. The impact of parental self-efficacy and aspirations on their children's perceived career efficacy and choice is, in turn, entirely mediated through the children's perceived efficacy and academic aspirations. Children's perceived academic, social, and self-regulatory efficacy influence the types of occupational activities for which they judge themselves to be efficacious both directly and through their impact on academic aspirations. Perceived occupational self-efficacy gives direction to the kinds of career pursuits children seriously consider for their life's work and those they disfavor. Children's perceived efficacy rather than their actual academic achievement is the key determinant of their perceived occupational self-efficacy and preferred choice of worklife. Analyses of gender differences reveal that perceived occupational self-efficacy predicts traditionality of career choice.

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confidence: 99%

Self‐Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

Bandura¹,

Barbaranelli²,

Caprara³

et al. 2001

Child Development

1,478

1,127

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“…Traditional expectancy theory holds that the force acting on an individual to work at a specific level of effort is a function of the algebraic sum of the products of: (a) desirability of the outcomes (valences) of working at that level, and (b) subjective probabilities (expectancies) that those outcomes will follow from working at that level (Behling & Starke, 1973;Vroom, 1964). The implicit formula used to calculate the relationship between efforts and outcomes was assumed to be stable.…”

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With whom shall I share my knowledge? A recipient perspective of knowledge sharing

Zhang

Jiang

2015

Journal of Knowledge Management

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“…It is true that reasoned action is focused on the evaluation of specific behaviors and expectancy value is an important part of its logic (Behling & Starke, 1973; Fromme, Katz, & Rivet, 1997) while the prototype approach is focused on the identification of the respondent with performers of the behavior (Cohen, 1991; Tal-Or & Cohen, 2010) . In this respect, reasoned action and prototypes come from different theoretical worlds.…”

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Prototypes reflect normative perceptions: implications for the development of reasoned action theory

Hennessy

Bleakley

Ellithorpe

2017

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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The reasoned action approach is one of the most successful behavioral theories in the history of social psychology. This study outlines the theoretical principles of reasoned action and considers when it is appropriate to augment it with a new variable. To demonstrate, we use survey data collected from a 4–17 year old U.S. adolescents to test how the “prototype” variables fit into reasoned action approach. Through confirmatory factor analysis, we find that the prototype measures are normative pressure measures and when treated as a separate theoretical construct, prototype identity is not completely mediated by the proximal predictors of behavioral intention. We discuss the assumptions of the two theories and finally consider the distinction between augmenting a specific theory versus combining measures derived from different theoretical perspectives.

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The Postulates of Expectancy Theory.

Cited by 93 publications

References 39 publications

Self‐Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

Self‐Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

With whom shall I share my knowledge? A recipient perspective of knowledge sharing

Prototypes reflect normative perceptions: implications for the development of reasoned action theory

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