August 1, 2006
August 5, 2024
Page No:127-134
B. Hasan
Pt. R.S. University, Raipur
21-129-136Originated from the developmental theory of vocational behaviour, career maturity
has been defined as the maturity of attitudes and competencies pertaining to career
decision making. It has been found to be influenced differentially in different culture,
race and gender groups by certain psychological, educational and demographic
factors (Lawrence and Brown, 1976; Pound, 1978). The aim of the present piece of
research work is to examine empirically that whether or not self-concept, occupational
aspiration and gender work independently or in interaction with each other are capable
of generating variance in career maturity in case of Hindi speaking Indian adolescents
studying in class X. Employing a (2)3
ex-post facto, non-experimental factorial design
(fixed model) the two levels of self-concept, i.e. high and low, the two levels of
occupational aspiration, i.e. realistic and idealistic and the two levels of gender, i.e.
male and female were manipulated in the study. Employing the stratified random
sampling technique, finally 480 students of class X (240 males and 240 females)
within the age range of 14 to 16 years were drawn randomly from different Hindi
medium schools of Raipur City of Chhattisgarh State to serve as subjects in the
present study. All the three independent variables were found to be potential enough
in generating variance in career maturity. Barring few exceptions, the first order
interactions were not found significant whereas the second order interactions were
found significant for almost all the components of career maturity. Theoretical
interpretations have been given.
has been defined as the maturity of attitudes and competencies pertaining to career
decision making. It has been found to be influenced differentially in different culture,
race and gender groups by certain psychological, educational and demographic
factors (Lawrence and Brown, 1976; Pound, 1978). The aim of the present piece of
research work is to examine empirically that whether or not self-concept, occupational
aspiration and gender work independently or in interaction with each other are capable
of generating variance in career maturity in case of Hindi speaking Indian adolescents
studying in class X. Employing a (2)3
ex-post facto, non-experimental factorial design
(fixed model) the two levels of self-concept, i.e. high and low, the two levels of
occupational aspiration, i.e. realistic and idealistic and the two levels of gender, i.e.
male and female were manipulated in the study. Employing the stratified random
sampling technique, finally 480 students of class X (240 males and 240 females)
within the age range of 14 to 16 years were drawn randomly from different Hindi
medium schools of Raipur City of Chhattisgarh State to serve as subjects in the
present study. All the three independent variables were found to be potential enough
in generating variance in career maturity. Barring few exceptions, the first order
interactions were not found significant whereas the second order interactions were
found significant for almost all the components of career maturity. Theoretical
interpretations have been given.