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Career Indecision among Undergraduate Students in India


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The present study aims to investigate gender differences and stream of study differences in career indecision among undergraduate students. The career decision making inventory (Singh, 1999) was administered to 1334 undergraduate students of arts, commerce and science stream. The sample was selected from degree colleges of Doaba region of Panjab (India) using multistage random sampling technique. The study shows that male and female students at undergraduate level do not exhibit any difference in career indecision. The study also finds that the level of career indecision is same in undergraduate students of arts, commerce and science stream. Implications of the study for career counseling and guidance have been discussed.

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Career Indecision, Gender, Stream of Study.
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Rajnish Sharma
C T College of Education, Jalandhar, Panjab, India

Abstract


The present study aims to investigate gender differences and stream of study differences in career indecision among undergraduate students. The career decision making inventory (Singh, 1999) was administered to 1334 undergraduate students of arts, commerce and science stream. The sample was selected from degree colleges of Doaba region of Panjab (India) using multistage random sampling technique. The study shows that male and female students at undergraduate level do not exhibit any difference in career indecision. The study also finds that the level of career indecision is same in undergraduate students of arts, commerce and science stream. Implications of the study for career counseling and guidance have been discussed.

Keywords


Career Indecision, Gender, Stream of Study.

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