Factors affecting career choice among undergraduate students in Universitas Indonesia
One of the critical aspects of an individual’s life is career choice as a career chosen will determine the role pattern need to be played by the individual in the society in the future and the career choice is one of the important processes in life. The aim of this study is to investigate the factor...
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| Language: | English English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uum.edu.my/5942/ |
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| Summary: | One of the critical aspects of an individual’s life is career choice as a career chosen will determine the role pattern need to be played by the individual in the society in the future and the career choice is one of the important processes in life. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that influencing the career choice of the
students. This study is focus on undergraduate students in Universitas Indonesia. Undergraduate students were chosen because right upon graduation, they were the one who will be dealing with the decision on career choice. A total number of 300
students responded to the questionnaire. Statistical Package software for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22.0 was used to analyse the collected data. Reliability analysis, multiple regressions, and correlation were applied to this study. Pearson correlation analysis results showed that the influence of self-efficacy, family,
personal interests, and economic considerations have positive relationships to career choices. Moreover, the results of regression analysis showed that the family, self-efficacy, personal interest and economic considerations exerted great influence on the choice of a career. With a view to investigating student’s career choice that is
affected by other important factors further studies are recommended strongly. |
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