Factors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African university

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dc.contributor.authorAbrahams, Fatima
dc.contributor.authorJano, Rukhsana
dc.contributor.authorvan Lill, Burger
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-01T07:58:34Z
dc.date.available2016-08-01T07:58:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDuring the apartheid years in South Africa, career guidance amongst disadvantaged learners was largely absent and, for many, career choices were limited and governed by politics. Despite South Africa having celebrated 20 years of democracy, this situation has improved only slightly. Therefore, the aims of the study were to determine the factors that influenced students' career choice and to ascertain the possible barriers that impacted their decision. An adapted version of Myburgh's Career Choices Questionnaire (2005) was administered to 721 undergraduate students. The results showed that parents and loans or bursaries were the largest sources of financial support and that anticipated benefits influenced the students' career choice, with the potential for personal growth and development, for future high earnings and for promotion to the top of the organization the most important among these. Furthermore, participants rated visits from lecturers and brochures as the most prominent sources of influence.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of the Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citationAbrahams, F. et al. (2015). Factors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African university. Industry and Higher Education, 29(3): 209-219en_US
dc.identifier.issn0950-4222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2363
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherIP Publishingen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0950-4222/
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2015.0253
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectTertiary institutionen_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectUndergraduateen_US
dc.subjectCareer choiceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectApartheiden_US
dc.titleFactors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African universityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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