25-2 Building a Contextual-influenced Model of Career Decision Making and Career Adjustment: Retrospection from College Students
The purpose of this study was to investigate related factors of high school students’ senior high school admission decisions, career adjustment experiences after the decision and the influences of contextual factors. There were nine female and two male participants,
with an average age of 19.39 years. All choose to enter directly form junior level to Taipei municipal combined high schools after graduation, and graduated after three years of studies. At the time of this study, 10 of the participants were freshmen in college, and one was preparing for the college entrance examination. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, and analyzed by methods proposed by grounded theory. Results indicated that concerns regarding the decision on selecting admission channels includes external factors, such as the admission-guaranteed system, academic demands, environmental factors, family backgrounds, and interpersonal influences; internal factors includes personality, determining experiences from senior high schools, and decision-making styles. Experiences of career adjustment after the admission decision can be classified as resistance and assistance dimensions from interpersonal factors, school environment, school system, decisions making in the past, experiences in adjustment, and individual factors. Finally, a framework of contextual-influenced career decisions and adjustment model is proposed.
Keywords
career decision-making, contextual influence, life adjustment.
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