Career Decision-Making of Talented Engineering Graduates in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Chan, Chloe; Yuen, Mantak
Titel	Career Decision-Making of Talented Engineering Graduates in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Gifted and Talented International, 38 (2023) 1, S.77-90 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yuen, Mantak)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-2276
DOI	10.1080/15332276.2023.2244565
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Career Choice; Engineering; Occupational Aspiration; Self Efficacy; Persistence; Technical Occupations; Expectation; Barriers; Interests; STEM Careers; College Graduates; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Maschinenbau; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausdauer; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Expectancy; Erwartung; Bildungsinteresse; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Hongkong
Abstract	This small-scale exploratory qualitative study examined the career decision-making process of six talented engineering university graduates in Hong Kong. The aim was to investigate major influential factors and barriers that impact their career aspirations and their persistence in remaining in that career. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each graduate to provide data that could be analyzed. The main focus was on the significance of social and cognitive variables, self-efficacy, interests and outcome expectations for the graduates' motivation and career decision-making process. The findings suggest that primary motivating factors for participants' career aspirations and career persistence strongly aligned with constructs from Social Cognitive Career Theory and Job Embeddedness Theory. Career interests were motivated by self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interests, while "job embeddedness" promoted career persistence through fit and link to organizations and industry. Based on participants' responses, the study produced an insider's perspective on the career decision-making process of talented young engineers in Hong Kong. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01