ERIC Number: EJ1382570
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jun
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-8453
EISSN: EISSN-1556-0856
To Be Successful and/or Comfortable? Parental Career Expectations and Chinese Undergraduates' Career Indecisiveness across Gender
Journal of Career Development, v50 n3 p674-689 Jun 2023
This study explored the association between two parental career expectations (reward/prestige and comfort/stability) and career indecisiveness with the moderation of gender in 523 Chinese undergraduates. We found that women undergraduates perceived lower parental reward/prestige and higher comfort/stability expectations than men. Perceived parental comfort/stability expectations on career indecisiveness were significant for men but non-significant for women. Results indicated a three-way interaction among parental expectations of reward/prestige, parental expectations of comfort/stability, and students' gender in the prediction of career indecisiveness. For women, perceived parental comfort/stability and reward/prestige expectations had a significant interactive effect on career indecisiveness. Perceived parental reward/prestige expectations were positively associated with career indecisiveness only when they perceived higher levels of parental comfort/stability expectations. For men, perceived parental comfort/stability and reward/prestige expectations had no interactive effect on career indecisiveness. We addressed the importance of joint influences of differential parental expectations on young adults' career decision-making across gender.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Careers, Expectation, Parent Attitudes, Career Choice, Gender Differences, Undergraduate Students, Parent Influence, Decision Making, Rewards, Reputation, Emotional Response, Personality Traits
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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