A Social Cognitive Career Theory study of agricultural mechanical trade workers
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Article Title | A Social Cognitive Career Theory study of agricultural mechanical trade workers |
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ERA Journal ID | 6360 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Black, Rebecca, Hoare, P. Nancey, McDonald, Nicole and McIlveen, Peter |
Journal Title | Journal of Career Assessment |
Number of Pages | 21 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1069-0727 |
1552-4590 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727241245962 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10690727241245962 |
Abstract | Attracting and retaining skilled workers in agriculture is a global problem. Shortages of essential workers disrupt supplies of goods and services from the point of production on farms through manufacturing, transport, to ultimate consumption. The global pandemic’s effect on food supply was a salutary lesson in the effects of a diminished agricultural workforce. Agricultural mechanics are vital to productivity. The present research used the social cognitive career theory to explore agricultural mechanics’ careers. An exploratory qualitative study deployed interviews to collect data from N = 19 mechanical trade workers. Interviews were centered on participants’ descriptions of their work regarding theoretical constructs including self-efficacy, outcome expectations, satisfaction, dispositional traits, and contextual affordances. Reflective thematic analysis of the data produced concordance with key constructs of the social cognitive career theory sufficient to justify its utility for research with this specific agricultural occupation. This research makes an important contribution to the literature of vocational psychology which can and should contribute to solving the complex problem of supporting a workforce needed for agriculture’s ongoing challenge of feeding and clothing the world’s growing population. |
Keywords | SCCT ,agriculture, agricultural mechanics, farm equipment mechanics, rural |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300208. Farm management, rural management and agribusiness |
390308. Technical, further and workplace education | |
520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
Institute for Resilient Regions | |
Central Queensland University | |
School of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z71zq/a-social-cognitive-career-theory-study-of-agricultural-mechanical-trade-workers
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