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Vocational Identity Formation of College Students in Macau
Author(s) -
Ouyang Baixiao,
Jin ShuhRen,
Tien HsiuLan Shelley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/cdq.12058
Subject(s) - vocational education , identity (music) , thematic analysis , china , identity formation , psychology , perspective (graphical) , pedagogy , sociology , qualitative research , self concept , social psychology , political science , social science , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , acoustics , law
Forming a vocational identity is a main developmental task during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. This study examined identity formation of college students in Macau, China, based on a neo‐Eriksonian identity formation framework. Data were collected through semistructured in‐depth interviews of 19 college students in Macau. All data were transcribed and analyzed by thematic analysis. Results indicated 2 themes, each with several subthemes that describe participants' vocational identity formation process. This study contributes to the vocational identity literature by integrating a collaborative perspective into the discussion of vocational exploration and revealing unique issues of vocational identity formation in a non‐Western and developing society.