The Variables That Effect University Senior Students’s Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Levels

Year 2018, Volume: 9 Issue: 16, 248 - 275, 30.12.2018

Özlem Ulaş Kılıç

https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.462704

Cited By: 6

Abstract

Self-efficacy beliefs affect every aspect of human
lives including whether people think productively or not, they have
self-refuting way of thinking and they are optimistic or pessimistic, how much
time they spend in an activity, how they motivate themselves and face the
difficulties, how they regulate their thoughts and behaviour, and the tendency
of depression and stress. For this purpose, in this study, it is aimed to
examine the variables effect university senior students’ career decision-making
self-efficacy levels. The study group for this research consists of 569 students
in their senior year of university selected by random sampling method. In the
research, Personal Information Form prepared by the researcher and Career
Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Ulaş and Yıldırım (2016) were
used. Independent sample T test and one-way anova were used for analysis.
According to the results of the study, there is a significant difference in the
self-efficacy scores of university senior students according to the status of
having work experience and professional competence with the education they
receive. Also, there is no significant difference in the self-efficacy scores
of university senior students according to gender, general academic grade point
average, the status of having internship and the major. Some of the results of
the study were similar to the literature but some of the results did not
support the literature. Therefore, all results of the study were discussed in
terms of relevant literature and cultural differences. 

Keywords

Career decision-making self-efficacy; University students; Career counseling

Üniversite Son Sınıf Öğrencilerinin Kariyer Kararı Verme Yetkinliği Düzeylerini Etkileyen Değişkenler

Abstract

Yetkinlik inançları insanların üretken düşünüp
düşünmedikleri, kendi kendini çürütücü düşünce biçimlerinin olup olmaması ve
iyimser ya da kötümser olup olmamaları, bir etkinlikte ne kadar zaman
harcadıkları, kendilerini nasıl motive ettikleri ve güçlüklerle nasıl
yüzleştikleri, düşünce ve davranışlarını nasıl düzenledikleri ve depresyon ve
strese yatkınlıkları da dahil olmak üzere yaşamlarının her yönünü
etkile-mektedir. Bu nedenle bu çalışmanın amacı üniversite son sınıf
öğrencilerinin kariyer kararı verme yetkinliği düzeylerini etkileyen
değişkenleri incelemektir. Bu amaçla araştırma kapsamına tesadüfi örnekleme
yöntemiyle seçilmiş 569 üniversite son sınıf öğrencisi alınmıştır. Araştırmada
Ulaş ve Yıldırım (2016) tarafından geliştirilen Kariyer Kararı Verme Yetkinliği
Ölçeği ile araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan Kişisel Bilgi Formu
kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde bağımsız örneklemler için t testi ve tek
yönlü varyans analizi yöntemlerinden faydalanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına
göre iş deneyimi olma ve aldıkları eğitimle mesleki yeterlik kazanma durumuna
göre üniversite son sınıf öğrencilerinin kariyer kararı verme yetkinliği
puanlarında manidar bir fark varken; cinsiyete, genel akademik not
ortalamasına, staj yapma durumuna ve öğrenim gördüğü bölüme göre manidar bir
fark olmadığı görülmektedir. Araştırmanın sonuçlarından bazıları literatürle
benzerlik gösterirken bazı sonuçlarının literatürü desteklemediği görülmüştür.
Buradan hareketle çalışmanın tüm sonuçları ilgili literatür ve kültürel
farklılıklar açısından tartışılmıştır. 

Keywords

Kariyer kararı verme yetkinliği, üniversite öğrencileri, kariyer danışması

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