Parental Influence on Career Choice Among Undergraduate Students: A Case Study of Daystar University, Kenya
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2017-06
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Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
Abstract
The purpose for this study was to establish parental influence on career choice among undergraduate students at Daystar University. The objectives were to examine parental expectations on students’ career choices; to determine whether gender roles influenced students’ career choices and to establish the influence of parental educational level on students’ career choices. The study focused on the undergraduate students at Daystar University; Nairobi and Athi River campuses and it used descriptive research design. From the total population of 3774 students identified from both campuses, the research used stratified random sampling technique to pick a sample size of 377 respondents, which was 10% of the total population. This study obtained its primary data using questionnaires. Statistical analysis of data was done on the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 22 using measures of description and relationship. The study also employed Karl Pearson’s product moment correlation technique to establish the relationship between parental expectation, gender roles and parent educational level on career choice among undergraduate students. The findings from the study revealed that, parental expectations, gender roles and parental educational level had a significant influence on the undergraduate students’ career choices with a P- value of .000, .000 and .042 respectively. From the findings, parental expectations had the highest influence on students’ career choices with a mean of 3.38 and standard deviation of 1.410. Gender roles significantly influenced students’ career choice as shown from the findings with a mean score of 3.65 and a standard deviation of 1.914. Lastly, parental education level had a significant influence on students’ career choices with a mean score of 3.48 and a standard deviation of 1.682. The study recommended that parents should allow their children to select careers which they are passionate about by giving them enough space and support to realize their potentials.
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MASTER OF ARTS in Counselling Psychology
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parental influence, parental expectations, career choices, parental educational level on students’ career choices
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Wasike, S. E. (2017). Parental Influence on Career Choice Among Undergraduate Students: A Case Study of Daystar University, Kenya. Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences