Data Analysis Research on University Students’ Career Decision Making

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ID22253243
AuthorsBingjie Gu (0000-0002-3286-9144, Ningbo University Affiliated Hospital, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume4
Issue10
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2706-6827
PublisherFrancis Academic Press Ltd (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25236/ijfs.2022.041014
OpenAlexW4313166311
LanguageEN
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This paper reports findings from study on secretarial education students’ career aspirations in a Chinese second-tier university to explain why graduates choose career other than being secretaries in private sectors. Adopting social learning theory of career decision making along with data analysis, the findings unveils that individual characteristics, including fallback option and seeing secretarial education as a stepping stone, account for students’ choosing of secretarial education major. At the same time, task-approach skills had a significant impact on students for not choosing secretarial career in private companies. Environmental conditions and learning experiences justify students’ choice of careers in governmental organization and public sectors. Participants’ perceptions about secretarial education programs are discussed along with implications

Career development · Career education · Career portfolio · Cognitive Information Processing · Higher education · Management · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Private sector · Public relations · Vocational education · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Medicine · Psychology

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