Career choice among undergraduate students of Universiti Utara Malaysia

• Main Author: Adilla, Abd Rahman
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: https://etd.uum.edu.my/8251/1/S823129_01.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/8251/2/S823129_02.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/8251/3/823129%20REFERENCES.docx; https://etd.uum.edu.my/8251/

Person that misfits in the workplace have tendency to become less productive, less efficient, and fail to achieve goals. Students have difficulty to fully explore career alternatives that available in job market that suit to their interest which make the career choice become harder. The objectives of this study is determine the relationship between self-efficacy and parental influence towards career choice. This study is focus on undergraduate students of Universiti Utara Malaysia. A total number of 320 students were participated in this study. The findings of the study discovered that there are significant relationship between self efficacy and parental influence on the student’s career decision making. However, between these two independent variables, self-efficacy is more influential in influencing career choice.