Monday 18 July 2011

Culture, Motivation, and Vocational Decision-Making of Australian Senior High School Students in Private Schools

an article by Jae Yup Jung, Gary Gregory and Kerry Barnett (The University of New South Wales, Australia) and John McCormick )University of Wollongong, Australia) published in Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling (Volume 21 Issue 1 (June 2010))
[I’m confused as I picked this up from an RSS feed with a 2011 date on it]

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of culture and motivation in the occupational decisions of senior high school students attending private schools. A theoretical framework guided the study. A questionnaire was administered to 492 Grade 11 students attending a stratified random sample of six independent (private) schools located in the Sydney (Australia) metropolitan area. Structural equation modelling was performed on the data collected. The major findings of the study centre on a new model of vocational decision-making, which provides empirical support for relationships between cultural orientation variables, expectancy-value variables, and related constructs. The findings may be used to advise senior high school students making occupational decisions.


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