Career planning, self-effectiveness and professional realization of teachers in accounting

Abstract

The research proposed to analyze whether self-efficacy influences choice planning for the teaching career in the accounting area and how much such planning affects teacher’s professional fulfillment. For that, the Sociocognitive Career Theory (TSCC), the career planning, and the professional achievement scale were used as theoretical support. The data collection instrument was adapted from Teixeira (2010) and Oliveira-Silva (2015). The sample of the study was composed by 542 teachers of the Accounting Sciences course of public higher education institutions in Brazil. For the data analysis we used the confirmatory factorial analysis and the structural equations modeling. When analyzing the relationship between the constructs of self-efficacy, career planning (career exploration) in professional fulfillment, results presented evidence that this relationship explains the model in 61%. Hypothesis tests showed that there is a positive relationship between the constructs studied.

Keywords

• autoeficácia
• planejamento de carreira
• realização profissional
• ciências contábeis
• docente