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Factors Affecting the Career Decision Making of Secondary School Students

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Near knowledge Corridor, Pdpu road, Gandhinagar, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Hetvi Desai

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Near knowledge Corridor, Pdpu road, Gandhinagar, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.058/20180603

DOI: 10.25215/0603.058

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the findings of a study conducted to explore the factors affecting the career decision making of secondary school students in Gandhinagar, India. The factors taken into consideration are: Personal, Social, Educational, work culture and family. The research was carried out on the random sample of 120 students of class 10thstudying in a government school. The Career Conflict Scale (CCS-KAR) by Dr. Aneet Kumar and Career Decision Scale [Third Revision (1976)] by Samuel H. Osipow, Clarke G. Carney, Jane Winer, Barbara Yanico and Maryanne Koschier. The data was analysed with the help of Pearson’s Product Moment Method of Correlation. The results revealed no significant one factor that affected the career decision making of the secondary students but a combination of them.

Keywords

Factors Affecting, Career Decision Making, Secondary School Students

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2018 Dani, P & Desai, H

How to cite this article:

Dani, P & Desai, H (2018). Factors Affecting the Career Decision Making of Secondary School Students. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 6(3), 176-187. DIP:18.01.058/20180603, DOI:10.25215/0603.058