Development and Cross-Cultural Validation of a Measure of Career Exploration and Decision-Making Outcome Expectations

Ersoy Carkit, Glenn W. Ireland, Robert W. Lent, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Psychological Counseling and Guidance Program, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Counseling Psychology Program, University of Maryland, College Park

Journal of Career Assessment

Published online on April 17, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Career Assessment, Ahead of Print.
Existing measures of outcome expectations in career exploration and decision-making tend to focus on positive expectations and may not adequately sample the range of anticipated outcomes (e.g., self-evaluative, social) that could motivate or discourage ...