ABSTRACT
The purposes of this chapter are to review research on the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) self-management model and draw implications for career counseling and coaching. The SCCT self-management model, a relatively new SCCT framework (Lent & Brown, 2013), seeks to explain and predict the conditions under which people will engage in a variety of adaptive career behaviors such as regulating affect, adapting to changing work and educational circumstances, exploring career options, managing work-family conflict, and engaging in job search behavior. Although the self-management model focuses on process (e.g., engagement in job search behaviors) as opposed to content (e.g., what job to choose) questions, it relies on the same core variables (self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, goals, person inputs, and contextual influences) as all prior SCCT models (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994; Lent & Brown, 2006, 2008). Although a relatively recent addition to the literature, the SCCT self-management model has begun to receive empirical attention. This chapter will review extant research with the ultimate intent of providing suggestions to counselors and coaches for helping people navigate the expected and unexpected career and educational challenges that they may face over the course of their lives.
