Career Decisiveness of Indian College going students – A Psychosocial Study

By : Neeta Sinha, Preeti Nakhat

Page No: 133-140

Abstract
Career plays an indispensable role in shaping one’s outlook to life. It is important for the students to know the career opportunities. With the aim to comprehend career certainty of college students, a study was conducted. Survey research method was employed and the tool used was “Career decision scale” by Samuel H. Osipow. The study included 197 college students. Statistical analysis of the data collected was done using SPSS software and Microsoft excel. The results showed a weak negative correlation between parents’ income and career decisiveness whereas a weak positive correlation between number of siblings and career decisiveness.

Authors :
Preeti Nakhat : Assistant Professor, Psychology – Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. India.
Neeta Sinha : Assistant Professor, Psychology – School of Liberal Studies, PDPU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.01.14