DEMOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS IN SATISFACTION WITH ACADEMIC MAJOR AND NEGATIVE CAREER THOUGHTS RELATION: IMPLICATION FOR CAREER INTERVENTIONS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Journal Title: Baltic Journal of Career Education and Management - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
To successfully progress in achieving the objective of vocational and technical education, it is necessary to determine the students’ satisfaction levels with the programmes as it relates to their career decision efficacy. This research, therefore, determined the demographic predictors in the relation between academic major satisfaction and negative career thoughts. The research was guided with four hypothesized research questions. Cross-sectional design that embedded a correlational survey was employed. The participants were 622 vocational education undergraduates selected from a public state-owned university in South-west Nigeria. The students’ demographic variables (e.g. gender, academic level of study, age, and subject areas of specialization), academic major satisfaction scale, and negative career outlook sub-scale were the main constituents of the questionnaire that was used for data collection. Data analyses were performed using mean, standard deviation, bivariate correlation, and regression analyses. Results depicted that the students’ satisfaction with their academic major significantly predicted their negative career thoughts. It was also found that gender, academic level and subject areas of specializations were the demographic variables that predicted satisfaction with one’s academic major, as well as negative career thoughts. Intervention studies were therefore recommended for career behaviour modification among vocational education undergraduates.
Authors and Affiliations
Samson Onyeluka Chukwuedo, Jane Nwakaego Egbri
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP496051
- DOI 10.33225/bjcem/18.6.6
- Views 79
- Downloads 0
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL BENEFITS RECEIVERS EXPERIENCE TAKING PART IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Long-term unemployed social benefits receivers are entitled to many educational activities to help them with reemployment in Latvia. Long-term unemployed social benefits receivers attend different educational activities...
STUDENTS’ CAREER EDUCATION IN GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS: PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION, PROBLEMS AND IMPROVEMENT POSSIBILITIES
School has to guarantee the effective development of career competencies, which are necessary to consciously and successfully create and manage your career and, respecting student’s inclinations, values and abilities, to...
THE CORRELATION AMONG CAREER THOUGHTS, DIALYSIS VARIABLES AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BAHAMIAN PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) ON HEMODIALYSIS
Since men and women on dialysis need three time a week treatment, there can be an interruption in their work or career thus they can experience some dysfunctional career thought. Therefore, the purpose of this research i...
THE FOURTH/FINAL-YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENT FUTURE PROFESSIONAL CAREER: UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE
University study period is not only professional qualification and certain competence acquisition. It is altogether a successive step to future career heights. Thus, it is undoubtedly important for the students to evalua...
JOB SEARCHING HABITS OF LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL BENEFIT RECEIVERS IN LATVIA
Being long-term unemployed means having difficulties not only with job searching itself, but also with organizing the process smoothly in order to achieve results – find a job. The aim of the research was to identify job...