scholarly journals Academic and Career Advising of Scanners

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvid J. Bloom ◽  
Philip R. Tripp ◽  
Leigh S. Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Major Selection ◽  
Common Term ◽  
Career Advising ◽  
Final Selection

Scanners has become a common term for a recently identified category of people who find choosing just one interest or career path difficult (Sher, 2006). Academic and career advisors who work with scanners will likely find that these students have difficulty selecting an academic major or career path and that they seem to suffer anxiety and a palpable sense of loss with each attempt to make a final selection. We introduce the concept of scanners and describe a new self-report instrument called The Scanner Self Inventory (Bloom, 2009; Bloom & Tripp, 2011) that academic and career advisors can use to work with students who display unusual anxiety associated with major selection or career decision making.

scholarly journals Exploratory Honors Students: Academic Major and Career Decision Making

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Carduner ◽  
Gary M. Padak ◽  
Jamie Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Decision Making Processes

In this qualitative study, we investigated the academic major and career decision-making processes of honors college students who were declared as “exploratory” students in their freshman year at a large, public, midwestern university. We used semistandardized interviews and document analysis as primary data collection methods to answer four research questions. Results indicated that the 17 participants used aspects of rational choice and alternate models in making decisions. They perceived both advantages and disadvantages of their multipotentiality and developed strategies, such as selecting broad or multiple majors, to offset the disadvantages. Students consulted college academic advisors less than expected when making decisions, and they expressed more concern about happiness than either job availability or earnings than did students in other studies.

Effects of work value orientation and academic major satisfaction on career decision-making self-efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-562
Author(s):  
Min Young Doo ◽  
Sung Hee Park
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Work Value

Purpose An increasing number of students delay graduation or graduate without a job, because they are not ready to make a career decision. In addition, the growing number of young adults who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) has become a social concern in South Korea. To facilitate career decision-making of undergraduates, this study examined the effects of work value orientation and academic major orientation on career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE). The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among South Korean undergraduates’ intrinsic work value orientation, extrinsic work value orientation, academic major satisfaction and CDMSE. Design/methodology/approach Based on the literature review, this study tested a research model using structural equation modeling with survey results of 217 undergraduates. Findings The research results indicated that intrinsic work value orientation influenced academic major satisfaction and CDMSE. However, extrinsic work value orientation turned out to influence neither academic major satisfaction nor CDMSE. Academic major satisfaction also seemed to affect the CDMSE of the students in this study. Originality/value This study contributes to the field of career development by explaining the significance of undergraduates’ intrinsic work value orientation and academic major satisfaction on career decision-making. Whereas most research has focused on the effects of CDMSE, this study investigated the factors that influence undergraduates’ CDMSE.

scholarly journals Work Value Orientation and TVET Students’ Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Academic Major Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azlin Kamaruddin ◽  
Roziah Mohd Rasdi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Major Satisfaction ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Value ◽  
The Relationship

Graduates should know how technical and vocational education and training (TVET) can increase their employability and set them on a path to a professional career. However, graduate underemployment continues to be a severe and rising issue in many countries due to graduates’ lack of readiness to make a future career decision. The present study assessed the influence of work value orientation on Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE) and the mediating role of Academic Major Satisfaction (AMS) on the relationship between work value orientation and CDMSE of TVET students. A cross-sectional survey design was employed, involving 223 full-time Malaysian Skills Certificate (MSC) students who were randomly selected from TVET public institutions in Selangor, Malaysia. This study found that work value orientation was positively correlated with CDMSE. Extrinsic work values have more impact than intrinsic values in serving as precursors to students’ career decision-making. Besides, AMS satisfaction mediated the relationship between work value orientation and CDMSE.

Career Decision-Making Within the College Social Microcosm

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Pesch ◽  
Lisa M. Larson ◽  
Matthew T. Seipel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Career Decision Making

The present investigation sought to examine whether the college social environment influences students’ career decision-making (CDM) processes. It was comprised of three overarching hypotheses: (1) uncertainty about one’s academic major would be devalued in the college social microcosm, (2) social exclusion would negatively impact four basic psychological needs (belonging, sense of control, social state self-esteem, and meaning in life), and in turn, (3) social exclusion along with the four needs would negatively impact career decision self-efficacy and vocational outcome expectations. Study 1 ( N = 433) presented participants with two fictional student vignettes (certain about major vs. uncertain) which they were asked to rate using a series of positive personality traits. Results revealed that the vignette portraying a student certain about his or her academic major was judged significantly more positively compared to an uncertain student ( d = .71). Study 2 ( N = 148) experimentally manipulated social exclusion to examine its effects on the four needs and on the two CDM variables. Two types of exclusion were used (career-based and personal); both led to significantly lower levels of the four needs when compared to the career-based inclusion condition. Moreover, belonging, sense of control, and meaning in life made significant contributions to both vocational variables. Conclusions and implications are discussed.

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