The Career Decision-making of College Students：The evidence in Taiwan Higher Education Database

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of nontraditional major and traditional major college students’ career decision-making, career change, learning satisfaction, self-efficacy from the first year to the junior year. The measurements used in this study were the 92 academic year the first year survey and the 94 academic year juniors’ survey by Taiwan Higher Education Database. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, and one-way ANOVA with repeated measures were used to analyze the data. The major findings of the study were as the followings:
1.The most popular career decision that students made was the preparation for obtaining certificates or passing the National examinations. The second popular one was the preparation for graduate school examination. The last one was to study abroad.
2.Female students in female-dominant majors tended to prepare the examinations for certificates , male students in female-dominant majors tended to study abroad, and male students in male-dominants tended to prepare for graduate school examination.
3.From the freshman to junior years, the inconsistent career changes were found among male- and female-dominant majors for different sex.
4.The females in the male-dominant majors had lower learning satisfaction than the males in female-dominant majors.
5.There were significant differences between the male-dominant and female-dominant majors for self-efficacy difference from the freshman to senior years.
According to the findings, implications for further research and practice were discussed as well.

Date of Award	2008
Original language	English
Supervisor	Wei-Ming Luh (Supervisor)