Effect of Family Influence, Personal Interest and Economic Considerations on Career Choice amongst Undergraduate Students in Higher Educational Institutions of Vehari, Pakistan

This study examined the effect of family influence, personal interest, and economic considerations in career choice amongst undergraduate students. The present study used quantitative research design. Target population was undergraduate students of higher educational institutions in Vehari, Pakistan...

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Published inInternational journal of organizational leadership Vol. 7; no. 2; p. 129
Main Authors Asad Afzal Humayon, Raza, Shoaib, Rao Aamir Khan, Noor ul ain Ansari
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver Canadian Institute for Knowledge Development (CIKD) 01.01.2018
Subjects
Careers
College students
Students
Pakistan
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Summary:This study examined the effect of family influence, personal interest, and economic considerations in career choice amongst undergraduate students. The present study used quantitative research design. Target population was undergraduate students of higher educational institutions in Vehari, Pakistan. Cross-sectional data was used in this study. For data collection simple random sampling technique was used. The data was collected through structured questionnaire. The descriptive, demographic, reliability, correlation, and multiple regression analyses were applied to find answer to research questions. The results of regression analysis showed that the family influence, personal interest and economic considerations exercised big influence on the career choice of students. The Limitations of the study, suggestion for the future study, theoretical and practical implications were also discussed in this study.
ISSN:2383-1103
2345-6744
DOI:10.19236/IJOL.2018.02.03