The Role of Self-Efficacy in Career Decision Making Among Graduated Students from Vocational High Schools in Jakarta

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10.2991/assehr.k.210805.167How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Career decision making, self-efficacy, graduated students, vocational high schools, Jakarta

Abstract

Career decision making is a process of individuals realizing that it is an obligation and responsibility in making of correct decisions and being able to make it happen. Self-efficacy is a belief in self-ability to complete their task or responsibility. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-efficacy in career decision making among graduated students from vocational high schools in Jakarta. Several studies show the high number of unemployed among vocational school graduates in Jakarta and research which states the importance of self-confidence in individual ability to make work decisions is the basis for research. A total of 165 participants (118 female and 47 male) of graduated students from vocational high schools in Jakarta with an age range of 18 to 21 years old. This study uses a convenience sampling method. The results showed that self-efficacy had a significant positive role in career decision making among graduated students from vocational high schools in Jakarta with a determination coefficient (R Squared) 0.151, p = 0.000 (< 0.05). This shows that the self-efficacy variable has 15% significant role in career decision making, 84.9% were affected by other factors.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Evelyn Sandra
AU  - Heni Mularsih
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/08
TI  - The Role of Self-Efficacy in Career Decision Making Among Graduated Students from Vocational High Schools in Jakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1064
EP  - 1068
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210805.167
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210805.167
ID  - Sandra2021
ER  -