ERIC Number: EJ1167737
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Personal Values, Social Capital, and Higher Education Student Career Decidedness: A New "Protean"-Informed Model
Fearon, Colm; Nachmias, Stefanos; McLaughlin, Heather; Jackson, Stephen
Studies in Higher Education, v43 n2 p269-291 2018
This study investigates the role of personal values as motivational antecedents for understanding higher education (HE) student career decidedness among university business school (UBS) students. We propose a new "protean"-informed HE student career decidedness model for theorizing how both personal values and social capital mediators ("student social capital"; "personal, social and enterprise skills"; "access to resources") help in the student-centric and self-directed processes of career decision-making. A mixed-methods study combines a (stage 1) survey of 308 UBS students from 5 (UK) UBS, with results from (stage 2) 4 student focus groups, and (stage 3) 2 staff-student interactive seminars. From an employability perspective, arguably, the ultimate responsibility for becoming a "protean graduate" rests with each UBS student, while the obligation of HE staff is to effectively facilitate and nurture all possible personal growth and skills development opportunities.
Descriptors: Social Capital, Career Choice, Higher Education, Focus Groups, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Seminars, Employment Potential, Skill Development, Models, Business Schools, Business Administration Education, Mixed Methods Research, College Faculty, Student Motivation, Values, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Path Analysis, Correlation, Regression (Statistics), Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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