Fragmented career orientation: the formation of career importance, decidedness and aspirations among students

IF 1.9 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Pub Date : 2022-01-23 DOI:10.1080/02673843.2021.2025114

N. Khattab, M. Madeeha, T. Modood, Muthanna Samara, A. Barham

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The study aims to examine the formation of and interrelationship between career importance, decisiveness, and aspirations among students. The data used in the study came from the ‘School experience, educational aspirations and scholastic achievement in Qatar’ survey 2018-2020 (SEEASAP). A sample of 841 students aged 12–14 was used for the analysis. The results of this study showed that the future career orientation among young people tends to be fragmented and incoherent. Believing in the centrality of work and employment in one’s life does not necessarily help young people become more certain about their future career or boost their career aspirations. The results also showed that career importance, decidedness and aspirations are shaped by different factors providing further evidence for the incoherence of young people’s future career orientation in times of greater insecurity and instability. The theoretical implications and limitations of this study are further discussed throughout.

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碎片化的职业导向:学生职业重要性、决断性和抱负的形成

摘要本研究旨在探讨大学生职业重要性、决策力与抱负三者的形成及其相互关系。研究中使用的数据来自2018-2020年卡塔尔“学校经历、教育愿望和学业成就”调查(SEEASAP)。841名12-14岁的学生被用于分析。本研究结果显示，年轻人未来的职业定位倾向于碎片化和不连贯。相信工作和就业在一个人的生活中的中心地位并不一定能帮助年轻人更确定他们未来的职业或提高他们的职业抱负。结果还显示，职业重要性、决心和抱负受到不同因素的影响，这进一步证明了年轻人在更不安全和不稳定时期未来职业取向的不一致性。本文还进一步讨论了本研究的理论意义和局限性。

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International Journal of Adolescence and Youth PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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8.80

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2.20%

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审稿时长

9 weeks

期刊介绍： nternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth aims to identify, examine and compare particular issues, problems and policies related to adolescents and youth throughout the world. Subject areas covered include psychological growth and development, health and medical care, delinquency, social policy, employment and unemployment, education and training, spiritual and physical development, leisure, family relationships, sex education, homelessness. The Journal will be of interest to researchers in those areas, university and other higher education institutions, as well as to international, central and local government and voluntary organizations and field work agencies.