Effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest on the choice of career among university students

This study was conducted to examine the effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest in the choice of career among university students. A total of 357 students from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) participated in this study. The data collected were processed using Statistical Pack...

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Effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest on the choice of career among university students
description This study was conducted to examine the effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest in the choice of career among university students. A total of 357 students from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) participated in this study. The data collected were processed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS ver.20). Data was collected using questionnaires. Statistical techniques such as Descriptive, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis were used to find answers to the research questions. The results showed that the career choices have a significant and positive relationship with parental influence. For the dimensions of personality, namely extraversion and neuroticism have significant relationship with career choices. While the other personality dimensions such as agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness were not related to career choices. For personal interest factor, realistic, investigative and conventional have relationship with the career choice. Whereas, artistic, social, and enterprising have no relationship with the career choice. Limitations of the study, suggestion for the future study, theoretical and practical implications were also discussed in the study
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title Effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest on the choice of career among university students
title_short Effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest on the choice of career among university students
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spelling my-uum-etd.59542021-04-19T04:33:07Z Effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest on the choice of career among university students 2016 Nurul Fidtriyah, Abdul Malik Tan, Fee Yean School of Business Management School of Business Management HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment LB2300 Higher Education This study was conducted to examine the effect of parental influence, personality and personal interest in the choice of career among university students. A total of 357 students from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) participated in this study. The data collected were processed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS ver.20). Data was collected using questionnaires. Statistical techniques such as Descriptive, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis were used to find answers to the research questions. The results showed that the career choices have a significant and positive relationship with parental influence. For the dimensions of personality, namely extraversion and neuroticism have significant relationship with career choices. While the other personality dimensions such as agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness were not related to career choices. For personal interest factor, realistic, investigative and conventional have relationship with the career choice. Whereas, artistic, social, and enterprising have no relationship with the career choice. Limitations of the study, suggestion for the future study, theoretical and practical implications were also discussed in the study 2016 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5954/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5954/1/s816895_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5954/2/s816895_02.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abdullah, N. H. (2001). Kajian terhadap minat kerjaya di kalangan pelajar di sekolah menengah teknik Pengkalan Chepa (Unpublished Master Thesis). Johor: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Agarwala, T. (2008). 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