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A Comparative Study of Declared and Undeclared College Students on Career Uncertainty and Involvement in Career Development Activities
Author(s) -
Orndorff Robert M.,
Herr Edwin L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb02303.x
Subject(s) - career development , psychology , process (computing) , qualitative research , medical education , cognitive information processing , pedagogy , sociology , medicine , social science , computer science , operating system
As reported in current research, many if not most freshmen and sophomores in colleges and universities who are declared as well as undeclared about their academic majors express uncertainty about their careers and lack the level of involvement in the career development process (especially self‐assessment, career exploration, and career decision making) necessary to make educated career decisions. This research study, using both quantitative and qualitative research processes, identifies and examines differences and similarities in career uncertainty and in levels of involvement in the career development process between declared and undeclared college students.