Career Aspirations and Vocational Interests: A Cross-Cultural analysis among secondary school students
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https://doi.org/10.29070/mvxffa17Keywords:
Vocational, Aspirants, higher secondary school, CultureAbstract
Having a goal for one's future employment is an example of a professional desire that students should have. You can meet all of life's needs with a well-thought-out career strategy. Both the cultural milieu and one's parents impart values that influence one's professional goals. Approach: We searched the databases of SpringerLink, Scopus, ScienceDirect, EBSCHO, JSTOR, Proquest, and Google Scholar for relevant articles. With a mix of students and teenagers, the keywords used are aspirations and careers. In sum, in collectivistic cultures, family has a larger influence than in individualist ones in deciding students' future occupations. Teens from individualistic cultural backgrounds tend to prioritise their own interests while planning their future careers. Students and their families are more focused on the future. Consequently, research has been carried out to ascertain the correlation between levels of ambition and occupational inclinations. Finding out how high school students' levels of aspiration relate to their vocational interests was the primary goal of the research. A total of one hundred secondary school pupils, fifty of whom are female and fifty of whom are male, have been chosen for this research. In order to assist children in making an informed career decision, this research will be useful for educators, parents, guidance counsellors, principals, administrators, and policymakers.
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