The Role of Career Services Programs and Sociocultural Factors in Student Career Development

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dc.contributor.authorChin, Mun Yuken
dc.contributor.authorBlackburn Cohen, Chelsea A.en
dc.contributor.authorHora, Matthew T.en
dc.date.accessed2019-06-21en
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-02T19:30:49Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-02T19:30:49Zen
dc.date.issued2018-06-01en
dc.description.abstractExisting research on the effectiveness of college career services centers (CSCs) has primarily focused on students’ rates of utilization and their satisfaction with the programs and services offered. Based on survey (n = 372) and focus group data (n = 35) from undergraduate business students, we found that participants were most satisfied with the CSC’s provision of practical tools that enhanced employability and were least satisfied with the CSC’s integration of students’ backgrounds and interests during advising. Our qualitative analysis yielded three categories of contributors (i.e., sociocultural factors, independent activities, and institutional factors) to student career outcomes, which were psychological characteristics, career decisions, and social capital. Sociocultural factors were most prominently featured in students’ narratives of their experiences, in that they shaped how students leveraged institutional resources and how they engaged in independent activities as part of their career trajectories. Practical implications and future research directions are discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipWisconsin Center for Education Researchen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://wcer.wisc.edu/docs/working-papers/Working_Paper_No_2018_8.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/92639en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWisconsin Center for Education Researchen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWCER Working Paper; 2010-8en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectsocio-cultural changeen
dc.subjectinstitutional factorsen
dc.subjectcollege students' satisfactionen
dc.subjectcareer services programsen
dc.titleThe Role of Career Services Programs and Sociocultural Factors in Student Career Developmenten
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