Abstract
The relationships of four types of career goals (job related, school related, value related, and unknown) with factors of school retention, academic performance, self-esteem, educational self-efficacy, and school and career commitment are studied among 401 first-semester college freshmen. Differences in types of goals based on gender are also considered. Students reporting job-related goals are more likely to make positive persistence decisions than students reporting unknown goals. Men are more likely to report value-related goals than women, whereas women are more likely to report job-related goals than men. Implications of these findings for those working in college settings that help foster students' career development and academic success are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 16-30 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Career Development |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2005 |
Keywords
- Academic retention
- Career development
- Career goals
- Undergraduates
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Applied Psychology
- General Psychology
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management