Factors Affecting Career Certainty among University Students
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Date
2013
Authors
Wasanga, C. M.
Maingi, L.
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Abstract
While the career development process is life-long, choices made during the college years
are particularly significant in setting the foundation for future professional options.
Selecting a career can be a daunting task for many University students who must balance
their own interests with what is available in the various Universities as with their academic
performance. It is in this view that the researcher aimed at investigating the career certainty
of the university students. Stratified sampling l-vas used to enhance representation of the
student population while the academic advisors were randomly sampled. The main research
instruments utilized in the study were questionnaires and interviews. The data gathered
was both qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative was thematically presented in narrative
form while quantitative statistics involved the use of frequencies, totals, percentages, and
tabulation. Correlation techniques by Pearson's product-moment correlation (r) were
carried out to analyze the degree of relationships between the variables while Chi-square
and analysis of variance were done to determine the significant differences between the
variables. There were many factors that affect the students' career choices amidst them
being their level of occupational information, their decision- making ability and their level
of clarity in their personal attributes and resources. The need for career counseling across
all the levels of education was highly revealed by the findings of this study.
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Career certainty, Career decision profile, Self-clarity, Occupational information, Decision-making ability