scholarly journals Students’ Career Understanding and Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy in Junior High School

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Khayatun Nufus Akhsania ◽  
Tentrem Basuki ◽  
DYP Sugiharto ◽  
Muhammad Japar

This study aimed to determine students’ career understanding on the career decision making self-efficacy of Junior High School students in Central Java Province. The study used qualitative method, comparative test for data analysis, and self-efficacy scale to collect the career decision making data of students who have and have not gained career understanding. In this way, Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy was used as a framework theory, while cluster random sampling was employed to collect the study sample (N = 311). The data collection was done through a direct survey using 25 questions regarding career decision making self-efficacy (CDSE-SF) and career understanding questionnaire. Based on the data analysis, the researchers found significant differences in CDSE-SF results of students who have gained career understanding and not, including (1) Understanding of various alternative jobs (t(311) = 4.911, p < .000), (2) Information on the world of work requirements (t(311) = 4.602, p <.000), (3) Information on job vacancies (t(311) = 4.111, p < .000), and (4) Understanding of job qualifications (t(311) = 3.460, p < .001). These findings recommend the students to improve their career decision making using career guidance and counseling strategies in form of various alternative services, such as career counselling services, group guidance, classroom service, and even support from other parties.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-248
Author(s):  
Samirah Hasna Fadhillah ◽  
Whisnu Yudiana

AbstractThe process of making decisions about careers by students tends to make them difficult, especially for students in rural areas. The perception of social support obtained from the environment namely, parents, teachers, classmates, and close friends are the things that may help students make a career decision. This study conducted to explore the relationship between perceived social support and career decision-making difficulties junior high school students in a rural area. Two measurement instruments used namely Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) and Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ). In the CASSS, there are two scales, values, and frequency. Data collected from 9th-grade junior high school students in the rural area (n= 242) with multistage cluster sampling techniques. The results of the study used the Spearman correlation test showed that the perception of social support value from parents and teachers is negatively correlated with difficulty in making career decisions. In contrast, the frequency scale of social support from classmates and close friends resulted in a positive relationship. The more frequent students get social support, the more difficult for them to make a decision. In conclusion, social support helped the student to decrease their career decision-making difficulties. However, the frequencies of the support have not higher than their expectation. Keywords:  Career decision making difficulties, Junior high school students, Perceived social support, Rural AbstrakProses pengambilan keputusan karier yang dilakukan siswa cenderung membuatnya kesulitan, terutama siswa di daerah rural. Persepsi dukungan sosial dari lingkungan sekitar yaitu, orang tua, guru, teman sekelas dan teman dekat adalah salah satu hal yang dapat membantu siswa membuat keputusan karier. Penelitian dilakukan untuk melihat hubungan persepsi dukungan sosial dari keempat sumber dengan kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier siswa kelas 9 daerah rural. Terdapat dua alat ukur yang digunakan yaitu, Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) dan Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ). CASSS membagi dua skala dalam alat ukurnya, skala value dan frekuensi. Pengambilan data dilakukan pada siswa kelas 9 daerah rural (n = 242), dengan teknik multistage cluster sampling. Hasil penelitian menggunakan uji korelasi spearman menunjukkan persepsi value dukungan sosial orang tua dan guru berkorelasi negatif dengan kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier, sedangkan skala frekuensi dukungan sosial teman sekelas dan teman dekat berkorelasi positif. Semakin sering siswa mendapatkan dukungan sosial, semakin sulit dalam membuat keputusan. Sebaliknya, jika siswa memiliki value yang lebih tinggi untuk dukungan sosial, semakin rendah kesulitan pengambilan keputusan kariernya. Secara umum dapat disimpulkan, pada dasarnya dukungan sosial dapat menurunkan kesulitan pengambilan keputusan. Hanya saja, frekuensi dukungan yang diberikan tidak boleh melebihi apa yang dibutuhkan oleh Individu.Kata kunci:  Kesulitan pengambilan keputusan karier; Persepsi dukungan sosial; Rural; Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sari Zakiah Akmal

Career decision is one of the major issue among XII grade of high school students, particularly choosing major in university. Most of high school students experience career indecision. There are some factors that predict career indecision problems among adolescents. This study aims to identify factors that significantly affect career indecision among high school students, particularly personality and career decision making self-efficacy factors. This study used quantitative method and data were collected using Indonesian version of Big Five Inventory, Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale, and Career Decision Scale. We recruited 259 participants using incidental sampling (65.3% female, M age = 16.67 years, SD = .62). Hierarchical regression analysis demonstrated that personality factors, particularly openness to experiences and neuroticism predicted career indecision among high school students. Neuroticism was associated positively and openness to experiences was correlated negatively with career indecision. Meanwhile, career decision making self-efficacy was not correlated with career indecision. Therefore, practitioner should design an intervention to overcome student’s career indecision problem by reducing anxiety, decreasing fear in career decision making and encouraging students to looking for more information about their interest and career path.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Dina Aprilia

This study is aimed at determining the effect of career counselling on increasing self efficacy among Junior High School Students. To find the effect, this study investigates two group of students. The first group is those who got the conselling career, while the second group did not. The result is that those who got conselling career have higher self efficacy than those who did not. This means that career counselling truly increases self efficacy in career making decision among the students.


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