CAREER CHOICE AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS
Keywords:
Business Education Programme, Business Education Students, Career Choice.Abstract
The paper examines the worrisome issue of career choice among Students in recent times. The study focused specifically on the roles of certain factors such as Family, Self-efficacy and Market Demand in fostering career choices among business education students. The paper went further to identify some of the ways that these determinant factors impacts the career choice of business education students and offers practical implications for career counseling, educational policies, and interventions aimed at empowering students to make informed and autonomous career decisions. It calls for a holistic approach that addresses family, personal, and labour market considerations to ensure that Students in Public Universities choose careers that align with their interests, abilities, and societal needs. The authors recommended, among others, that comprehensive career counseling programmes should be implemented in schools as this will help students assess their career interests, skills, and values.
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