Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab
The main objectives of this study were to find the enticing factors of career decision making process among tertiary level students in south Punjab, Pakistan. Data were collected through a survey, and quantitative methods were used for analysis to present evidence to verify the research hypothesis of this study. The many enticing factors were assessed through a structured questionnaire. Family background, family system, parental cultural capital, household income level, parental occupations, peer group influence on the career decision-making process, all these factors of career decision making the process of the students were observed through a structured questionnaire. In order to obtain an overall picture of the data, a descriptive analysis was applied to frequencies distribution; bivariate analysis was used for establishing the relationship between the independent and dependent variables of the current study. Pearson Chi-Square test was showed that there is an association between parental cultural capital and career decision-making among tertiary education students.
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Enticing Factors, Parental Cultural Capital, Career Decision, Tertiary Education
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(1) Ghulam Abbas
PhD. Scholar, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Farooq
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Babak Mehmood
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Abbas, G., Farooq, M., & Mehmood, B. (2020). Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab. Global Regional Review, V(III), 48-55. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).06
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CHICAGO : Abbas, Ghulam, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mehmood. 2020. "Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab." Global Regional Review, V (III): 48-55 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).06
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HARVARD : ABBAS, G., FAROOQ, M. & MEHMOOD, B. 2020. Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab. Global Regional Review, V, 48-55.
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MHRA : Abbas, Ghulam, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mehmood. 2020. "Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab." Global Regional Review, V: 48-55
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MLA : Abbas, Ghulam, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mehmood. "Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab." Global Regional Review, V.III (2020): 48-55 Print.
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OXFORD : Abbas, Ghulam, Farooq, Muhammad, and Mehmood, Babak (2020), "Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab", Global Regional Review, V (III), 48-55
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TURABIAN : Abbas, Ghulam, Muhammad Farooq, and Babak Mehmood. "Exploring the Socio-economic Factors of Career Decision-Making among Tertiary Education Students in South Punjab." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 48-55. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).06