An empirical analysis of factors impacting career decisions in South African construction industry
An empirical analysis of factors impacting career decisions in South African construction industry
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影响南非建筑业职业决策因素的实证分析
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2010
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T. Haupt
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N. Chileshe;T. Haupt
目的-本文的目的是调查高中生对影响其职业决策的因素的看法，以及性别和年级是否对决策过程产生影响。设计/方法/途径-文献综述被用来确定相关因素，这些因素被纳入调查工具的设计。调查问卷是通过邮政调查和收集信息，从599名男性和491名女性高中学生在西开普省。调查响应数据进行了描述性统计和随后的参数tests.Findings -工资，工作条件，晋升和终身学习的机会，男性和女性的学生报告的最重要的因素，而家庭传统和同龄人是最不重要的因素，根据男性和女性高中生，分别。年级对这一过程有显著的影响，11年级的学生得分高于12年级的学生。
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception of high school students on the factors impacting their career decisions and whether gender and grade have an influence on the decision‐making process.Design/methodology/approach – Literature review was used to identify relevant factors which were incorporated into the design of the survey instrument. The questionnaire was administered via a postal survey and information collected from 599 male and 491 female high school students in the Western Cape Province. Survey response data were subjected to descriptive statistics and subsequently parametric tests.Findings – Salary, working conditions, opportunities for promotion and lifelong learning were reported by both male and female students as the most important factors, whereas family tradition and peers were the least important factors according to the male and female high school students, respectively. Grade had a significant impact on the process with students in Grade 11 scoring higher o...