The Relationship of School Climate Factors to Counselor Self‐Efficacy

A survey of school counselors was conducted to measure the relationship of Bandura's (1977b) concept of self‐efficacy with school climate, counselor roles, and a variety of demographic variables. Results indicated that supportive staff and administrators were the strongest predictors of high counselor efficacy expectancy. In addition, outcome expectancy for school counselor behavior was predicted by both a similarly high degree of support from staff and administrators and fewer nonrelated counseling activities performed by school counselors. Discussion of results and implications for research and practice are presented.