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Xing, Xue; Rojewski, Jay W. – New Waves-Educational Research and Development Journal, 2018
Career decision-making self-efficacy is a pivotal construct in understanding individuals' career behaviors (Betz, 2007). Family, as a primary source of social support, exerts a substantial influence on adolescents' career development and decision-making process (Whiston & Keller, 2004). This study examined the role of selected family variables…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Career Choice, Decision Making, Self Efficacy
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Xu, Xiaozhou; Ni, Hao; Ye, Yinghua – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016
The ideal stage to learn about and foster positive attitudes toward entrepreneurship is believed to be during childhood and adolescence. However, most entrepreneurial studies examine college rather than secondary school students (SSS). Based on a modified theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study used stratified cluster sampling and a…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
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Wei, Jianguo; Loyalka, Prashant; Song, Yingquan – European Journal of Higher Education, 2011
Based on findings from a field survey, this article presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between the family background of Chinese high school graduates and their tendency to give up the opportunity to go to college or other forms of Higher Education (HE). The multinomial logistic regression results indicate that family background has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Academic Aspiration, College Readiness