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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"Career Goals"”.
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Career goals, attitudes, and interpersonal relationships of M.I.T. undergraduates
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, 1982
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Career Goals and Actions of Early Career Engineering Graduates
… to understand the experiences of these early career engineers. The purpose of this study is to identify and explain the career goals and actions of early career engineering graduates. To accomplish this goal, this research addressed the question "What factors influence early career engineering …
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Content and Choices: An Exploration of Career Goals in Undergraduate Engineering Students
The careers that students pursue after graduating from engineering programs are a central component to engineering education. However, we lack perspective on how students, the main stakeholder of the engineering education system, describe the goals they have for their post-graduation careers and …
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The relationship among middle school students' motivation perceptions of science class, science identification and career goals
… affected their future science-related career goals. The MUSIC® Model of Motivation (Jones, 2009, 2018) includes five components (i.e., eMpowerment, Usefulness, Success, Interest, and Caring) and is designed to help teachers design instruction to promote students' motivation. Domain …
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The relationship between self-selected personality characteristics and preferences for job features, organisational features and career goals
… for job features, organisational features and career goals. A review of literature has revealed that there are associations between individuals’ personality characteristics and their preferences for specific aspects of these three variables. This study focused on final year graduate students (N …
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Voices in the Mountains: A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors Influencing Appalachian High School Students' Engineering Career Goals
Though some research exists related to career choices among Appalachian youth, and literature exists which broadly examines choices to pursue engineering degrees, information specifically related to Appalachian students' career choice toward engineering is limited. Engineering typically represents …
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The influence of a student centred approach to teaching on the achievement of students’ career goals and personal aspirations
… students’ progress in the direction of their career goals and personal aspirations when a humanistic/student centred approach to teaching is used in a Competency-Based program. Nineteen students in Certificate III, Community Services Education (Aged Care Work) participated in the study. …
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Parental influences on high school student achievement and goals
… examined parental influences on educational and career goals of high school students. Data on educational and career goals from the Perceived Life Chances Interview were derived from 124 rural adolescents. One hundred of their mothers and 36 of their fathers completed the Inventory of Parental …
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The Roles of Perceived Subjective Norms and Anticipated Sexism in Women's Intentions to Pursue a Career in Transportation
… transportation work, and intentions to pursue a career in the transportation industry, using the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). A sample (<em>N</em> = 132) of female high school students completed measures of anticipated sexism in transportation careers, perceived subjective norms, and …
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University Athlete Transition: Making the Jump from Sport to Life
… was to examine how perfectionism might influence career planning through its relationship with career decision making self-efficacy, career goal setting, and career outcome expectations in Canadian university student-athletes. Specifically, this dissertation addressed two main research questions: …
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Reflecting on vocation: a randomized trial of online expressive writing career interventions
… connected the construct to a variety of positive career-related and general well-being outcomes, there remains a scarcity of empirically tested interventions to increase calling. The present study sought to address this gap in the literature by experimentally testing three writing interventions …
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The Influence of Perceived Career Barriers on College Women's Career Planning
… and often fail to follow their original career goals. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of perceived career barriers and supports on young women's career planning. Utilizing Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and recent literature as a basis, this study …
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The Influence of Feminist Mothers on Their Adolescent Daughters' Career Aspirations
… communication they have with their mothers about careers. The research was conducted in a series of qualitative interviews with eight mother-daughter dyads and two mother-daughter triads. The mothers and adolescent daughters lived in one of two communities in the Southeastern United States. …
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A Study of Cherokee and White Eighth Grade Student Career Development: Sex, Self-Concept and Attribution (Oklahoma)
… and ethnicity: Cherokee or white), and level of career development utilizing the model proposed by Crites. The subjects for this study were 48 students in the eighth grade in four rural Northeast Oklahoma elementary schools with a high concentration of Cherokee students. The measures utilized in …
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An Existential Perspective on the Role of Human Agency in the Retraining of Immigrant Skilled Workers in Canada
This qualitative study explored the career re-development of immigrant professionals in Canada by centering the investigation on their Canadian retraining journey. The goal of this study was to provide a deeper understanding of the transition issues, retraining decision-making process, retraining …
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Back to Work: The Effects of Goal Conflict on Working Mothers
… experiences in one’s lifetime. Fulfilling career goals in addition to the demands motherhood can cause psychological distress. In this paper I present literature reviews on mothering, careers, goal conflict and how positive psychology tools can help alleviate depression in women. Based on …
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Outcomes Associated with Mentorship for Canadian University Students Transitioning to Adulthood
… were found related to academics (academic/career goals, school importance), life satisfaction, and readiness for adulthood. Mentorship was also found to significantly predict readiness for adulthood in a regression model, after accounting for support from family and friends. Based on the …
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Variables Correlating Postsecondary Institution Selection of African -American College Students With and Without Disabilities
… the successful completion of academic and career objectives after matriculation to postsecondary education has not been addressed. This investigation focused primarily on the secondary and postsecondary school experiences that may predict two- and four-year institution selection for …
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Data, data!! Who has the data? : a relational study of student achievement, ability and occupational interest data as perceived by students and their parents
… abilities realistically when aspiring toward career goals. This study will attempt to relate perceptions of students and parents with regard to student data and career choices.</p><p>Are career choices of eighth grade students commensurate with personal abilities? The following questions will …
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