Open AccessIMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY ON RETENTION BEHAVIOR OF FRESHMAN IN UNIVERSITIES IN KARACHI
Author(s) -
Nosheen Raza,
Kousar Parveen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of social sciences and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-4967
pISSN - 0257-4276
DOI - 10.46568/jssh.v55i2.40
Subject(s) - public sector , higher education , ibm , private sector , medical education , self efficacy , psychology , institution , political science , medicine , sociology , social psychology , social science , materials science , law , nanotechnology
Student retention is an important concern for higher education institutions. The present study tested self-efficacy variable to examine the impact of personal ability of freshmen in their decision to stay in the institution of higher education. The data was collected from both public and private sector universities in Karachi. A survey method was used to collect the data from 645 students from public and private sector universities. The data was analyses on IBM SPSS Statistics 20. The result showed that self-efficacy have a strong influence on intention of freshmen to stay in the same university. The impact of self-efficacy was the same for both public and private sector universities. It was recommended to include self-efficacy as a factor in retention studies