Social influence on career choice decisions of business school graduates in India - an exploratory analysis

Madhavan, Vandana; Venugopalan, Murale; Sisodia, Gyanendra Singh

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“…Arregle, and Mari (2019), Madhavani and Sisodia (2019), in their studies on enrolment of trainees in TVETS in Malaysia found out that income levels of parents and guardians have significant implications on preference of trainees to enroll in TVETS. Majority of trainees enrolling in TVETS were from parents and guardians of low socioeconomic status, low education and occupational background.…”

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“…Akarue and Obavwunuto (2019) in their study in Nigeria on socioeconomic status level in the society found out that, people will choose career based on income earned and to satisfy their friends and associates who view them as of high socioeconomic status. Income levels of parents or guardians were also found to influence enrolment in TVETs in Malaysia in a study carried out by Madhavani and Sisodia (2019). They found out that majority of trainees enrolling in TVETs are from families whose income and education level is low and consequently poor occupational background.…”

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Trainees’ Enrolment and Participation in Public TVETS in Nakuru County, Kenya

Mugambi

Makato

Kalai

2022

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Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) focuses on providing lifelong skills that meet the needs of the work place, industry and self-employment. The importance of TVET is in the global agenda for development and refocusing education and training in the 21st Century. Purposely, this study sought to investigate individual and socioeconomic determinants of trainees’ enrolment and participation in public TVETs in Nakuru County, Kenya. The objective of the study was to establish how socioeconomic status influenced trainees’ enrolment and participation in public TVETs in Nakuru County, Kenya and the research hypothesis that was tested stated that there is no significant relationship between socioeconomic status and trainees’ enrolment and participation in public TVETs in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study employed descriptive survey research design with a sample size 12 TVETs, 30 trainers and 331 trainees drawn from the target population of 24 public TVETs, 150 trainers and 2385 trainees from entire Nakuru County. Data collection instruments were interview guide, questionnaires and document analysis guides. Data was analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. Descriptive statistics which included frequencies percentages, means and standard deviations were generated and used in discussing the research findings. Correlation analysis and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 95% confidence interval of the difference (ά=0.05) was also done. The findings showed that: there was a significant relationship between socioeconomic status and trainees’ enrolment; there was a statistically significant mean difference between socioeconomic status and trainees’ enrolment in public TVETs; there was statistically significant mean difference between income of parents, level of education of parents and occupation of parents and trainees’ enrolment in TVETs. The findings of the correlation between socioeconomic status of trainees and enrolment in TVETs showed that, P value = .002< P= 0.05, HO2 was rejected and the conclusion was that there was a significant relationship between socioeconomic status of trainees and enrolment of trainees. The analysis led to the conclusion that, socioeconomic status determined enrolment in TVETs.

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Trainees’ Enrolment and Participation in Public TVETS in Nakuru County, Kenya

Mugambi

Makato

Kalai

2022

int.jour.sci.res.mana.

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“…In such society, people from birth onwards are always integrated into strong and cohesive groups, and as a result, they would pay much attention to the opinions of other group members (Hofstede, 2001). Thus, they are more likely to follow the wishes or desires of people they consider important to them (Wen, Hao, & Bu, 2015;Madhavan, Venugopalan & Sisodia, 2019). Prior studies involving subjective norm have documented significant influence of educators, parents, friends, and professionals on students' career decision (Zondag & Brink, 2017;Owen, Poynton, & Moore, 2020;Chin, Cohen, & Hora, 2020).…”

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“…In particular, Madhavan et al (2019) identified the pressure and approval from family members as well as the influence of people around individuals as factors that may influence their career choice decisions. Hatane, Setiono, Setiawan, Semuel, and Mokhlis, S., Nik Hussin, N. S., Nizam, N. Z., Mohd Noor, N. A., & Muslim, N. A.…”

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Predicting Malaysian university students’ intent to pursue retailing career: Applicability of theory of planned behavior

Mokhlis

Hussin

Nizam

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J. Professional Business Review

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Purpose: The retail industry offers diverse and unique career paths. However, despite the high demand for new graduates to fill managerial positions in the retail sector, their reluctance to pursue a retail career remain. This study aims to investigate the antecedents that predict retail career intention of Malaysian undergraduate business students. Theoretical framework: Using Ajzen’s (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as the underpinning theoretical framework, this study hypothesized that students’ intent to pursue a career in retailing are influenced by the three independent variables in TPB (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control) and the additional variable of knowledge. Methodology: Data were collected via an online survey among a sample of 316 undergraduate business students from three public universities in Malaysia. Structural equation modelling approach was used to assess the strength of the hypothesized relationships of the proposed model simultaneously via the two-stage model building process. Findings: Results indicate that students’ attitude, subjective norm, and knowledge significantly predicted students’ intent to pursue a career in retailing, but perceived behavioral control surprisingly did not. All the four explanatory variables in TPB explained about 76 percent of the variance in behavioral intention to pursue a retail career. Research, Practical & Social implications: Findings of this study clearly supports the applicability of the TPB in predicting students’ intent to pursue a career in retailing. Results obtained can serve as a basis for future works in this area. This study also offers implications for educators and industry practitioners to foster retail career intentions among students. Originality: This study is a pioneering attempt to test the applicability of the TPB as a theoretical framework to predict university students’ retail career intention.

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Social influence on career choice decisions of business school graduates in India - an exploratory analysis

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Trainees’ Enrolment and Participation in Public TVETS in Nakuru County, Kenya

Socioeconomic Determinants of Trainees’ Enrolment and Participation in Public TVETS in Nakuru County, Kenya

Predicting Malaysian university students’ intent to pursue retailing career: Applicability of theory of planned behavior

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