Factors Determining Career Choice Among Daystar University Undergraduate Students
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2011-01
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Daystar University, School of Arts and Social Sciences
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There are several factors that affect the career choices of undergraduate students. It is imoprtant to identify these factors given their influence on students in their career selection process. Such factors, if identified, will allow students to examine processes bey use for career selection, thus assisting in the reduction of wrong choices, and helping them start building their career path at an early age. When admitted to the ni•.ersity, most students are overwhelmed and ill-prepared on which course/career to take. The objectives the researcher sought to achieve were to establish the factors that students at Daystar University considered in making their career choices, to determine
University students' satisfaction with their career choices, to find out the challenges facing Daystar University students in making career choices, and to determine whether Daystar University students' individual personalities matched their career choices. The study was conducted at Daystar University's Athi River and Nairobi Campuses. Data was collected from the students and was analyzed and interpreted. Data was collected from undergraduate students of Daystar University sing a questionnaire, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The sampling method used was non probability (Purposive Sampling) and probability (Stratified Sampling). Daystar University students population stood at about 4,000 as of the time of this study. The study focused on undergraduate students aged between 19 and 23 _'.ears. About 188 students were sampled.
-Majority of the students at Daystar chose their career path and were happy with their choices. They also carried out research on their own in regard to their career choice.
They were in agreement that their career choice matched their personality. Daystar x
Cniversity students were not majorly influenced by their parents, peers, teachers, the the Kenyan job market and counsellors in their career choice. However family members, individual personality and potential salary influenced them in
'Seir career choice.
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Master of Arts In Counselling Psychology
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Khamadi, J. (2011). Factors Determining Career Choice Among Daystar University Undergraduate Students. Daystar University, School of Arts and Social Sciences