The relationship between career decision making self-efficacy and emotional intelligence, career optimism, locus of control and proactive personality: A meta-analysis study

Abstract

Although there are studies on career decision-making selfefficacy and emotional intelligence, career optimism, locus of control, and proactive personality, no study addresses these four variables together. Therefore, this metaanalysis study examined the correlational findings between career decision-making selfefficacy and four different variables (emotional intelligence, career optimism, locus of control, and proactive personality). In this study, studies published between 19932022 examining the relationship between the variables determined from 10 scientific databases (Eric, JSTOR, Sage Journal, Google Academic, Scopus, Springer Ling, Taylor, and Francis ULAKBIM, Proquest, EBSCO) and career decision-making self-efficacy were used. As a result of the research, career decision-making selfefficacy and optimism (r = 0.46; 95% CI [0.33, 0.57]), locus of control (r = 0.36; 95% CI [0.02, 0.62]), proactive personality (r = 0.47; %) 95 CI [0.37, 0.57]) and emotional intelligence (r = 0.45; 95% CI [0.35, 0.54]) were found to be significantly correlated. These critical results point to promising aspects for researchers and practitioners working in career counseling.