Topic · Career Development and Diversity
Most cited papers in Career Development and Diversity
What are the most cited papers in Career Development and Diversity?
The most cited paper in Career Development and Diversity is "Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency." (Albert Bandura, 1982), with 15,425 citations. Next come "Toward a Unifying Social Cognitive Theory of Career and Academic Interest, Choice, and Performance" (7,642) and "A life-span, life-space approach to career development" (4,302).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 692 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency. Albert Bandura · American Psychologist | Feb 1982 | 15,425 |
| 2 | Toward a Unifying Social Cognitive Theory of Career and Academic Interest, Choice, and Performance Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, Gail Hackett · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Aug 1994 | 7,642 |
| 3 | A life-span, life-space approach to career development Donald E. Super · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Jun 1980 | 4,302 |
| 4 | The Self-Efficacy Scale: Construction and Validation Mark Sherer, James E. Maddux, Blaise Mercandante et al. · Psychological Reports | Oct 1982 | 4,042 |
| 5 | Development and Validation of the Short Grit Scale (Grit–S) Angela Lee Duckworth, Patrick D. Quinn · Journal of Personality Assessment | 11 Feb 2009 | 3,386 |
| 6 | On the Functional Properties of Perceived Self-Efficacy Revisited Albert Bandura · Journal of Management | 27 Sep 2011 | 2,497 |
| 7 | Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens Heidi B. Carlone, Angela C. Johnson · Journal of Research in Science Teaching | 11 Sep 2007 | 2,412 |
| 8 | Career Adapt-Abilities Scale: Construction, reliability, and measurement equivalence across 13 countries Mark L. Savickas, Erik J. Porfeli · Journal of Vocational Behavior | 25 Jan 2012 | 2,351 |
| 9 | Relation of self-efficacy beliefs to academic outcomes: A meta-analytic investigation. Karen D. Multon, Steven D. Brown, Robert W. Lent · Journal of Counseling Psychology | 1991 | 2,218 |
| 10 | Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories Albert Bandura, Claudio Barbaranelli, Gian Vittorio Caprara et al. · Child Development | 2001 | 2,144 |
| 11 | Reflections on gender and science Evelyn Fox Keller · Women s Studies International Forum | 1986 | 2,093 |
| 12 | Life designing: A paradigm for career construction in the 21st century Mark L. Savickas, Laura Nota, Jérôme Rossier et al. · Journal of Vocational Behavior | 5 May 2009 | 1,915 |
| 13 | Women and science careers: leaky pipeline or gender filter? Jacob Clark Blickenstaff · Gender and Education | 7 Sep 2005 | 1,768 |
| 14 | Career Adaptability: An Integrative Construct for Life‐Span, Life‐Space Theory Mark L. Savickas · The Career Development Quarterly | Mar 1997 | 1,711 |
| 15 | Career Benefits Associated With Mentoring for Proteges: A Meta-Analysis. Tammy D. Allen, Lillian Turner de Tormes Eby, Mark L. Poteet et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2004 | 1,675 |
| 16 | Much ado about grit: A meta-analytic synthesis of the grit literature. Marcus Credé, Michael C. Tynan, Peter D. Harms · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 16 Jun 2016 | 1,662 |
| 17 | Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines Sarah‐Jane Leslie, Andrei Cimpian, Meredith A. Meyer et al. · Science | 15 Jan 2015 | 1,555 |
| 18 | Development and Validation of a Work Domain Goal Orientation Instrument Don Vandewalle · Educational and Psychological Measurement | Dec 1997 | 1,545 |
| 19 | The Theory and Practice of Career Construction. Mark L. Savickas | 2005 | 1,460 |
| 20 | Career success in a boundaryless career world Michael B. Arthur, Svetlana N. Khapova, Celeste P.M. Wilderom · Journal of Organizational Behavior | 3 Feb 2005 | 1,390 |
| 21 | Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experiences Susan H. Russell, Mary P. Hancock, James P. McCullough · Science | 26 Apr 2007 | 1,370 |
| 22 | Applications of self-efficacy theory to the understanding and treatment of career indecision Karen Taylor, Nancy E. Betz · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Feb 1983 | 1,351 |
| 23 | Mentor functions and outcomes: A comparison of men and women in formal and informal mentoring relationships. Belle Rose Ragins, John Lawrence Cotton · Journal of Applied Psychology | 1999 | 1,342 |
| 24 | Establishing the benefits of research experiences for undergraduates in the sciences: First findings from a three‐year study Elaine Seymour, Anne‐Barrie Hunter, Sandra L. Laursen et al. · Science Education | 26 Apr 2004 | 1,337 |
| 25 | Becoming a scientist: The role of undergraduate research in students' cognitive, personal, and professional development Anne‐Barrie Hunter, Sandra L. Laursen, Elaine Seymour · Science Education | 12 Oct 2006 | 1,328 |
| 26 | A meta-analytic review of achievement goal measures: Different labels for the same constructs or different constructs with similar labels? Chris S. Hulleman, Sheree M. Schrager, Shawn M. Bodmann et al. · Psychological Bulletin | May 2010 | 1,310 |
| 27 | Understanding Women's Educational And Occupational Choices: Applying the Eccles et al. Model of Achievement-Related Choices Jacquelynne S. Eccles · Psychology of Women Quarterly | Dec 1994 | 1,298 |
| 28 | Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span. Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown · Journal of Counseling Psychology | 2013 | 1,295 |
| 29 | An Achievement Goal Theory Perspective on Issues in Motivation Terminology, Theory, and Research Paul R. Pintrich · Contemporary Educational Psychology | 2000 | 1,278 |
| 30 | Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others? Sapna Cheryan, Sianna A. Ziegler, Amanda Kay Montoya et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 11 Oct 2016 | 1,276 |
| 31 | On the measurement of achievement goals: Critique, illustration, and application. Andrew J. Elliot, Kou Murayama · Journal of Educational Psychology | Aug 2008 | 1,275 |
| 32 | A theory of vocational development. Donald E. Super · American Psychologist | May 1953 | 1,261 |
| 33 | A meta-analytic examination of the goal orientation nomological net. Stephanie C. Payne, Satoris S. Youngcourt, J. Matthew Beaubien · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2007 | 1,259 |
| 34 | Promoting Interest and Performance in High School Science Classes Chris S. Hulleman, Judith M. Harackiewicz · Science | 3 Dec 2009 | 1,226 |
| 35 | AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL ASSIGNED MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS Raymond A. Noe · Personnel Psychology | Sep 1988 | 1,216 |
| 36 | Academic Self-Concept, Interest, Grades, and Standardized Test Scores: Reciprocal Effects Models of Causal Ordering Herbert W. Marsh, Ulrich Trautwein, Oliver Lüdtke et al. · Child Development | Mar 2005 | 1,214 |
| 37 | Men and things, women and people: A meta-analysis of sex differences in interests. Rong Su, James Rounds, Patrick Ian Armstrong · Psychological Bulletin | Nov 2009 | 1,206 |
| 38 | Predictors of math anxiety and its influence on young adolescents' course enrollment intentions and performance in mathematics. Judith L. Meece, Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles · Journal of Educational Psychology | Mar 1990 | 1,197 |
| 39 | Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Current Knowledge, Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Directions Ming‐Te Wang, Jessica Lauren Degol · Educational Psychology Review | 13 Jan 2016 | 1,195 |
| 40 | The Science of Sex Differences in Science and Mathematics Diane F. Halpern, Camilla Persson Benbow, David C. Geary et al. · Gothic.net | Aug 2007 | 1,138 |
| 41 | Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy M. Williams · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 7 Feb 2011 | 1,133 |
| 42 | Why do women opt out? Sense of belonging and women's representation in mathematics. Catherine Good, Aneeta Rattan, Carol Sorich Dweck · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2012 | 1,115 |
| 43 | Transition shock: the initial stage of role adaptation for newly graduated Registered Nurses Judy E. Boychuk Duchscher · Journal of Advanced Nursing | 9 Dec 2008 | 1,113 |
| 44 | Connecting high school physics experiences, outcome expectations, physics identity, and physics career choice: A gender study Zahra Hazari, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip Michael Sadler et al. · Journal of Research in Science Teaching | 5 Feb 2010 | 1,104 |
| 45 | FORMAL AND INFORMAL MENTORSHIPS: A COMPARISON ON MENTORING FUNCTIONS AND CONTRAST WITH NONMENTORED COUNTERPARTS Georgia T. Chao, Pat M. Walz, Philip D. Gardner · Personnel Psychology | Sep 1992 | 1,080 |
| 46 | Advances in Career Theory and Research: A Critical Review and Agenda for Future Exploration Sherry E. Sullivan, Yehuda Baruch · Journal of Management | Dec 2009 | 1,067 |
| 47 | STEMing the tide: Using ingroup experts to inoculate women's self-concept in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Jane G. Stout, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Matthew Hunsinger et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 13 Dec 2010 | 1,055 |
| 48 | The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Gijsbert Stoet, David C. Geary · Psychological Science | 14 Feb 2018 | 1,054 |
| 49 | Pipeline persistence: Examining the association of educational experiences with earned degrees in STEM among U.S. students Adam Vincent Maltese, Robert H. Tai · Science Education | 3 May 2011 | 1,053 |
| 50 | Does mentoring matter? A multidisciplinary meta-analysis comparing mentored and non-mentored individuals Lillian Turner de Tormes Eby, Tammy D. Allen, Sarah Carr Evans et al. · Journal of Vocational Behavior | 17 Apr 2007 | 1,042 |
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