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Investigating Psycho-sociological Factors In Predicting Career Decision Among Some Selected Secondary Schools
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Parental influence or background plays an important role in
students’ career decision making. This can be illustrated thus:
illiterate parents with low socio-economic status might not see the need
to influence and support their wards towards choosing a career that is
lucrative instead, they would prefer them choosing career that can
easily be ventured to after graduation. According to Max, Ellsworht and
Hawley (2008), graduates teachers who indicated strong persistence and
satisfaction with their teaching career who had fathers who were
teachers are few compared to those that their fathers are in another
field. This shows that graduates career similarity to their parents
particularly their mothers, was a factor predicting job satisfaction and
career persistence. The education background of parents therefore
influence the level at which students chooses their career. It is
believed that level of socio-economic status/structure of a family
influence the career decision of students’ right from elementary
schools. Greenbank and Hepworth (2008) opine that lack of financial
support have negative impact on students decision making. It is
obviously difficult for a student from a very low socio-economic
background to finance his or her education in courses that are
money-consuming. In essence, students from a very low socio-economic
background will therefore prefer a less expensive career or a course in
tertiary institutions.
Culture is believed to have great impact on
the way individual think, behave and make decision (Jefferys, 2004). The
impact of culture on career decision highlighted that culture underpins
the fundamental judgments that individuals make hence, these judgments
influence the behavioral intentions, expectations and outcomes relevant
to particular careers in their cultural context. Kooij, de Lange,
Jansen, and Dikkers (2008) perceive that career decision suggest that
there are similarities in the factor associated with career decision
making in different cultures. In Nigeria, the cultural background or
individual might influence the nature of career one chooses. For
example, those from riverine area of the country will prefer careers
relating to their environment rather than very lucrative careers.
School
environment is another sociological variable that determines the career
choice of students. According to Aikomo (2014), school environment,
otherwise known as school climate determines the success of students
with high intellectual capabilities. Hence, it affects the career choice
of such individual in the future. In a safe and structured environment,
students can focus their attention on learning. Therefore the level of
conduciveness of the school environment can be predicted to have great
influence on the right choice of profession in which such students will
focus. Based on the foregoing, the study will investigate the
aforementioned psycho-sociological factors as predictive of the career
decision of students in some selected secondary schools in Afijio Local
Government Area of Oyo State.
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