The purpose of this study was 1) to identify the high school students' career decision related variables, and 2) to construct a structural equation model on high school students' career decision making, and 3) to examine fit of a structural equation m...
The purpose of this study was 1) to identify the high school students' career decision related variables, and 2) to construct a structural equation model on high school students' career decision making, and 3) to examine fit of a structural equation model on high school students' career decision making using LISREL.
The sample of this study was Jeong(2000)'s raw data which included 1,165 high school students. The results demonstrated the following points : 1) This study find evidence of hypothesis 1 through hypothesis 11 except hypothesis 10. 2) There were significant direct effects of career informaion on career decision level. 3) There were significant direct effects of self confident level on career decision level. 4) There were significant direct effects of anxiety about self career on career decision level. 5) There were not significant direct effects of insecurity about career decision making on career decion level. 6) There were significant direct effects of career decision level on carer preparation behavior level.
Based on the results of this study, He findings suggest that 1) Researchers/practitioners in career guidance institutes should concentrate on developing career informations, and 2) they should try to deliver career informations to high school students. 3) Career guidance program should support high school students to develop self confidence on career decision and to cope with anxiety about self career. Also the findings suggest that 4) Ministry of education and human resources development should support public administrative, and financial needs of career guidance for high school students.