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Sharma, Rajnish
- Career Indecision among Undergraduate Students in India
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1 C T College of Education, Jalandhar, Panjab, IN
1 C T College of Education, Jalandhar, Panjab, IN
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Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 10, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 68-72Abstract
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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