This study aims to determine the relation between internal locus of control with career maturity of students in vocational high school (SMK) Negri 1 Bantul. The research involved 150 eleventh-grade students of five classes in SMK Negri 1 Bantul as samples that were chosen using cluster random sampling. Data was collected using career maturity scale and internal locus of control scale and Pearson Product Moment correlation technique with SPSS 16.0 for Windows was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the coefficient correlation between those two variables reach at r = 0.161 and p = 0.049 (p <0.05 = significant). It can be concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between internal-locus of control and students's career maturity. The higher students' internal locus of control, the higher students' career maturity and vice versa.Keywords: career maturity, career-planning, internal locus of control. AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan atara locus of control internal dengan kematangan karir pada siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negri 1 Bantul. Sampel penelitian adalah siswa kelas XI SMK Negri 1 Bantul yang berjumlah 150 siswa dari 5 kelas yang dipilih secara acak dengan menggunakan teknik cluster random sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan skala kematangan karir dan skala locus of control internal. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik analisis korelas Product Moment dari Pearson melalui program SPSS 16.0 for windows. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan koefisien korelasi antara dua variabel sebesar r=0,161 dan p=0,049 (p<0,05=signifikan). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan antara locus of control internal dengan kematangan karir pada siswa SMK N 1 Bantul. Semakin tinggi locus of control internal pada siswa, semakin tinggi kematangan karirnya. Sebaliknya, semakin rendah locus of control internal siswa, maka semaki rendah kematangan karirnya. kata kunci: kematangan karir, locus of control internal, perencanaan karir.

One of the developmental task of teenager at senior high school is to determine their future career choice. The present research aimed to examine the effect of career planning training on studens's career decision making self efficacy (CDMSE). This study that involved 36 vocational high school students from two class of administrasi perkantoran department in SMK Negeri 1 Bantul Yogyakarta. Subjects were divided into two groups as experiment group and control group through cluster random sampling. Data was collected using CDMSE scale and was analyzed by Anova Mixed Design. Results showed that there was a significant increasing of CDMSE on experiment group and insignificant ones in control group after training was given. Career planning training was effective to increase student's career decision masking self-efficacy. Discussions and recommendations are discussed further.

This study examines the role of core self evaluation on predicting retirement preparation of pre retirement employees. This research involves 50 pre retirement employee of the exploration section of " X Company" who get pre retirement program on 2013. Retirement preparation scale is used to measure effort of the employee's retirement planning and core self evaluation is measured through core evaluation scale. Results show that there is no significant effect of core self evaluation on retirement preparation (F = 0.581, p = 0.679, p > 0.05). Based on data analysis it indicated that core self evaluation does not have effect on retirement preparation. It's mean that core self evaluation could not predict employee's retirement preparation. Thera are non-motivational and cultural factors that affect employees' intention on retirement preparation.

We assessed the underlying mechanisms through which career motivational conflict was related to career volitional action in young adults. We tested a model in which career motivational conflict (parent-child career incongruence and career goal progress discrepancy) was related to reduced career volitional actions (career decision self-efficacy and career engagement) via self-regulatory failure (ego depletion in reference to talking to parents about their careers or thinking about their careers). Participants were 260 young adults (75.8% female; M age = 19.89 years) enrolled at a large, multi-campus university in South-East Queensland, Australia. We confirmed greater career-related motivational conflict, in both forms, was associated with lower volitional actions. Furthermore, self-referenced depletion explained the relationships between career goal progress discrepancy and poorer career decision self-efficacy and less career engagement. These findings have implications for how counsellors might assist young people to improve their career volitional actions by reducing the effects of career motivational conflict.