Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of gender-role identity and career decision self-efficacy on vocational interest. 1131 data of university students going through the important period of career decision were collected. After data screening process, 468 data(male: 215, female: 253) were used for analysis. Two-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis were conducted. The results of two-way ANOVA showed that the main effect of masculinity of gender role identity on Realistic and Enterprise types of vocational interests was significant. The main effect of femininity of gender role identity on Artistic, Social, and Conventional types of vocational interests also appeared significant. However, the interaction of gender role identity and career decision making self efficacy was not statistically significant. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that the masculinity and career decision making self efficacy were the strongest predictors of Realistic type, and the femininity and career decision making self efficacy were the most powerful ones of Conventional type of vocational interests. The effects of the masculinity and the femininity on Enterprise type, and the femininity on Artistic and Social type were greatest. Based on the findings, the limitations of this study was discussed.