IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/arp/tjssrr/2020p776-784.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Negative Career Thoughts Among Pakistani and Korean College Students: Implications for the Asian Context

Author

Listed:
  • Gulnaz Zahid

    (School of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, H-12 Campus, Pakistan)

  • Donghyuck Lee

    (Department of Education, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea)

  • Meejin Park

    (Hoseo University, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea)

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the integrative cross-cultural perspective of negative career thoughts by comparing college students’ data from Pakistan and Korea. Data obtained from 200 Pakistani college students were compared to the data obtained from 200 Korean college students. Results show a significantly higher score on negative career thoughts when compared to Korean students. Findings indicate cross-cultural differences in negative career thoughts reflective of context-based differences in policy and career guidance systems. Findings provide support to Systems Theory Framework. However, the similarities in the construct manifestation provide a theoretical basis for career guidance in the collectivist and Asian contexts. Findings suggest the importance of comparative data, indigenization of assessment tool to assess negative career thoughts, and further exploration of negative career thoughts while considering cultural dimensions.

Suggested Citation

  • Gulnaz Zahid & Donghyuck Lee & Meejin Park, 2020. "Negative Career Thoughts Among Pakistani and Korean College Students: Implications for the Asian Context," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 6(8), pages 776-784, 08-2020.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:tjssrr:2020:p:776-784
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.arpgweb.com/pdf-files/jssr6(8)776-784.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.arpgweb.com/journal/7/archive/08-2020/8/6
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:arp:tjssrr:2020:p:776-784. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Managing Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://arpgweb.com/?ic=journal&journal=7&info=aims .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.