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Vocational Anticipatory Socialization: College Students' Reports of Encouraging/Discouraging Sources and Messages
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Powers, Samantha Rae; Myers, Karen K. – Journal of Career Development, 2017
Framed by social cognitive career theory, this study identified college students' perceptions of the most influential sources and content of encouraging/discouraging career messages (vocational anticipatory socialization [VAS]). A survey of 873 university students found that mothers, followed by teachers/professors, friends, and fathers, were…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Social Support Groups
Towards Entrepreneurial Learning Competencies: The Perspective of Built Environment Students
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Ernest, Kissi; Matthew, Somiah K.; Samuel, Ansah K. – Higher Education Studies, 2015
This paper sought to discuss entrepreneurial learning competencies by determining the outcome of entrepreneurial learning on the views of built environment students in the university setting. In this study, three relevant competencies were identified for entrepreneurial learning through literature, namely: entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Questionnaires, Indexes, Graduate Students
College Student Pathways to the STEM Disciplines
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Engberg, Mark E.; Wolniak, Gregory C. – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: As concerns mount about the shortage of students entering science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers, policy makers throughout the United States are contemplating strategies to maintain and enhance our nation's economic vitality and international competitiveness. Within this policy and program environment,…
Descriptors: College Students, Career Development, STEM Education, Performance Factors
Relationships of Achievement Motivation and Sex-Role Identity to College Women's Career Orientation.
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Marshall, Sandra J.; Wijting, Jan P. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1980
Career Centeredness places a career above other life activities as a source of satisfaction whereas Career Commitment concerns the intention of steadily pursuing a career throughout life. The expectation that Career Centeredness would be more characteristic of masculine women and correlate higher with achievement motivation was generally…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Choice, Career Development, College Students
The Roles of Self-Esteem and n Achievement in Aspiring to Prestigious Vocations
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Bedeian, Arthur G. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
This study investigated several hypotheses relevant to the vocational aspiration process as it is related to self-esteem and n Achievement. The data indicated a positive relationship between self-esteem and the tendency to aspire to vocations with high prestige. This finding was interpreted as providing an extension of Super's self-implementation…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Choice, Career Development, College Students
Differences between Women Who Choose Traditional and Nontraditional Careers.
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Kingdon, Margaret A.; Sedlacek, William E. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1982
Freshmen women (N=530) completed a 78-item inventory examining differences between women who choose traditional and nontraditional careers. Results indicated that women who make nontraditional career choices have higher achievement orientation, have better study skills, are more encouraged to explore nontraditional interests, and have more…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Choice, Career Development, College Students