摘要：Despite its relevance and potential long-term consequences for each individual, the process of students’ transition from elementary schools to high schools has still not been sufficiently explored nor understood. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the goals of describing how students make decisions regarding their future high schools and establishing the contribution of individuals’ earlier school achievement and own perception of such achievement for their career decision self-efficacy and expectations regarding high schools. In addition, the study aimed to determine the relevance of career decision self-efficacy for the explored decision-making process. The obtained results indicate the correlation between students’ evaluation of own academic performance, but not their objective school achievement, and their evaluation of personal efficacy in career decision-making. Perceived academic control, as well as students’ knowledge of potential occupations and the world of work in general, were revealed as significant predictors of their career decision self-efficacy. Furthermore, career decision self-efficacy and perceived academic control were identified as significant predictors of students’ high school expectations. The obtained results confirm the relevance of developing students’ career competencies that are crucial for the formulation of more positive expectations and a more active engagement in choosing their future high schools.
关键词：career decision self-efficacy; career management; decision-making; expectations; perceived academic control.
