Predicting career information-seeking behavior of school pupils using the theory of planned behavior

By R. Millar, Mark Shevlin. 2003

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How well can the theory of planned behavior account for occupational intentions (2006, unknown): “This is thankfully beginning to change (see Millar & Shevlin, 2003; Van Hooft, Born, Taris & van der Flier, 2004; Van Hooft, Born, Taris & van der Flier, 2005), but much remains to be done in testing, extending and applying TPB to issues of career choice and development.”
Employees’ intentions to retire early : A case of planned behavior and anticipated work conditions (2007, background): “The theory of planned behavior has been applied in a wide range of domains, such as employee turnover (Prestholdt, Lane, & Mathews, 1987), career information-seeking (Millar & Shevlin, 2003), and health (Hagger, Chatzisarantis, & Biddle, 2002).”
Training career adaptability to facilitate a successful school-to-work transition (2012, background): “Morrison&Hall, 2002). Additionally, Zikic and Klehe (2006) showed that engaging in career planning and exploration positively predicted reemployment quality and concluded that career adaptability plays a key role in building successful careers.”
Competencies for the Contemporary Career (2013, background): “…studies show that positive motivation toward career-related behaviors was predictive of actual behaviors, both for employees and for students (Millar & Shevlin, 2003; Van Hooft & De Jong, 2009) and that a high score on career motivation predicted a higher score on both objective and…”