Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.

Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.

Career choice is one of the most important decision to be made throughout an individual’s life, especially students. The study aims to investigate the factors affecting career choice namely; family influence, personal interests, economic considerations, and career adaptability, among students in Pol...

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Main Author: Amalina Najaa, Shuib
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
eng
eng
Published: 2019
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HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/1/s823050_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/2/s823050_02.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/3/s823050_references.docx
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spelling my-uum-etd.88172022-05-09T03:32:03Z Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah. 2019 Amalina Najaa, Shuib Jamaludin, Norzalila Mustafa Kamil, Bidayatul Akmal Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment Career choice is one of the most important decision to be made throughout an individual’s life, especially students. The study aims to investigate the factors affecting career choice namely; family influence, personal interests, economic considerations, and career adaptability, among students in Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah. A total of number of 286 students responded to the questionnaire and only 278 were usable for analysis. The data has been analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 software. Several statistical tools were used such as Cronbach’s Alpha reliability test, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis. The result of this study showed that all independent variables namely; family influence, personal interests, economic considerations, and career adaptability have significant and positive relationship to career choice. It is recommended for future studies to extend the sample size to include unemployed graduates, students from both public and private universities, as well as students from various disciplines. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/1/s823050_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/2/s823050_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/3/s823050_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language eng
eng
eng
advisor Jamaludin, Norzalila
Mustafa Kamil, Bidayatul Akmal
topic HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
spellingShingle HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
Amalina Najaa, Shuib
Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.
description Career choice is one of the most important decision to be made throughout an individual’s life, especially students. The study aims to investigate the factors affecting career choice namely; family influence, personal interests, economic considerations, and career adaptability, among students in Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah. A total of number of 286 students responded to the questionnaire and only 278 were usable for analysis. The data has been analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 software. Several statistical tools were used such as Cronbach’s Alpha reliability test, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis. The result of this study showed that all independent variables namely; family influence, personal interests, economic considerations, and career adaptability have significant and positive relationship to career choice. It is recommended for future studies to extend the sample size to include unemployed graduates, students from both public and private universities, as well as students from various disciplines.
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author Amalina Najaa, Shuib
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title Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.
title_short Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.
title_full Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.
title_fullStr Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.
title_full_unstemmed Factors determining career choice among students in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (POLIMAS), Jitra, Kedah.
title_sort factors determining career choice among students in politeknik sultan abdul halim mu’adzam shah (polimas), jitra, kedah.
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
publishDate 2019
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/1/s823050_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/2/s823050_02.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/8817/3/s823050_references.docx
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