The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters
Lack of career exposure and rightful decision-making among university students has led to failure and inability to make a satisfying career choice. This lack of exposure emanates as a result poor supervision of programs which includes career education initiatives, workshops, seminars and internship...
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| author | Abd. Karim, Nor Izan Mohd Rasdi, Roziah |
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| description | Lack of career exposure and rightful decision-making among university students has led to failure and inability to make a satisfying career choice. This lack of exposure emanates as a result poor supervision of programs which includes career education initiatives, workshops, seminars and internship programs which develops career self-efficacy among both of the genders. The aim of this study was to examine whether gender moderated the relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy, career exposure and career choice of Malaysian undergraduates. This study has employed a cross-sectional survey which involves a sample of 131 final-year students from eight faculties in a selected Malaysian public research university. The outcome of this study has demonstrated that there was a positive and moderate relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career choice (r=0.452; p<0.001). The findings further indicate a positive and strong relationship between career exposure and career choice (r=0.745; p<0.001). But gender did not moderate the relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career choice; neither did it moderate the relationship between career exposure and career choice. The implications of this study are that, both the colleges and faculties should offer a helping hand in encouraging student participation in activities such as organizing competition and designing programs that suit students’ needs and challenges. It is recommended for universities in Malaysia to initiate a career counseling unit in all the universities and regenerate the existing ones, as that will facilitate lingering issues relating to career choice, career exposure and career decision making efficacy. |
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| spelling | upm-955072023-01-04T08:21:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95507/ The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters Abd. Karim, Nor Izan Mohd Rasdi, Roziah Lack of career exposure and rightful decision-making among university students has led to failure and inability to make a satisfying career choice. This lack of exposure emanates as a result poor supervision of programs which includes career education initiatives, workshops, seminars and internship programs which develops career self-efficacy among both of the genders. The aim of this study was to examine whether gender moderated the relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy, career exposure and career choice of Malaysian undergraduates. This study has employed a cross-sectional survey which involves a sample of 131 final-year students from eight faculties in a selected Malaysian public research university. The outcome of this study has demonstrated that there was a positive and moderate relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career choice (r=0.452; p<0.001). The findings further indicate a positive and strong relationship between career exposure and career choice (r=0.745; p<0.001). But gender did not moderate the relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career choice; neither did it moderate the relationship between career exposure and career choice. The implications of this study are that, both the colleges and faculties should offer a helping hand in encouraging student participation in activities such as organizing competition and designing programs that suit students’ needs and challenges. It is recommended for universities in Malaysia to initiate a career counseling unit in all the universities and regenerate the existing ones, as that will facilitate lingering issues relating to career choice, career exposure and career decision making efficacy. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95507/1/The%20interplay%20between%20career%20decision%20making%20efficacy%2C%20career%20exposure%20and%20career%20choice%20of%20undergraduates.pdf Abd. Karim, Nor Izan and Mohd Rasdi, Roziah (2021) The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (19). 131 - 146. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/11722/The-Interplay-between-Career-Decision-Making-Efficacy-Career-Exposure-and-Career-Choice-of-Undergraduates-Does-Gender-Matters 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i19/11722 |
| spellingShingle | Abd. Karim, Nor Izan Mohd Rasdi, Roziah The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
| title | The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
| title_full | The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
| title_fullStr | The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
| title_full_unstemmed | The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
| title_short | The interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
| title_sort | interplay between career decision making efficacy, career exposure and career choice of undergraduates: does gender matters |
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