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dc.contributor.authorAbrahams, Fatima
dc.contributor.authorJano, Rukhsana
dc.contributor.authorVan Lill, Burger
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-02T07:36:18Z
dc.date.available2017-10-02T07:36:18Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationAbrahams, F. et al. 2015. Factors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African university. Industry and Higher Education, 29(3):1-11. [https://doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2015.0253]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0950-4222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/25706
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2015.0253
dc.description.abstractDuring the apartheid years in South Africa, career guidance amongst disadvantaged learners was largely absent and, for many, career choices were limited and governed by politics. Despite South Africa having celebrated 20 years of democracy, this situation has improved only slightly. Therefore, the aims of the study were to determine the factors that influenced students’ career choice and to ascertain the possible barriers that impacted their decision. An adapted version of Myburgh’s Career Choices Questionnaire (2005) was administered to 721 undergraduate students. The results showed that parents and loans or bursaries were the largest sources of financial support and that anticipated benefits influenced the students’ career choice, with the potential for personal growth and development, for future high earnings and for promotion to the top of the organization the most important among these. Furthermore, participants rated visits from lecturers and brochures as the most prominent sources of influence.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIP Publishingen_US
dc.subjectBarriersen_US
dc.subjectcareer choiceen_US
dc.subjectopportunitiesen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjecttertiary institutionen_US
dc.titleFactors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African universityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID21913579 - Van Lill, Jacobus Burger


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