PERSONALITY TYPES AS PREDICTORS OF ACHIEVEMENT CAREER ASPIRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Chinyelu Nwokolo,Uju Christiana Nwanna

doi:10.46827/ejes.v9i1.4156

Chinyelu Nwokolo, Uju Christiana Nwanna

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https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v9i1.4156

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This study investigated Realistic and Investigative personality types as predictors of achievement career aspiration of secondary school students in Anambra State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study while two null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlation research design. The study was carried out in Anambra State. The sample of 2,700 SS1 and SS 2 students were selected from a population of 32,450 senior secondary school students. Two research instruments were used for data collection. These are the Achievement Career Aspiration Scale (ACAS) and Personality Types Questionnaire (PTQ). The internal consistency reliability of the instruments was established using Cronbach Alpha statistics. The results are as follows: ACAS 0.891; PTQ 0.942. The reliability Coefficients for PTQ clusters are Realistic 0.891, Investigative 0.928. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed and retrieved through a direct delivery method. Data collected were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Simple linear regression analyses were used in answering research questions and testing the hypotheses. The finding of the study revealed among others that the Investigative personality type showed a significant prediction of achievement career aspiration of the students while the Realistic personality type does not significantly predict their achievement career aspiration. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Guidance Counsellors working in secondary schools should organise assessment tests to assess students’ personality types in their school when the students join the school in class one, so as to guide them in their possible career paths. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0905/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Career aspiration is a progressive process that could extend throughout life and tends to involve not a single decision, but a series of decisions
The data collected from the field for this study were analysed and the summaries were presented in tables to highlight the findings as follows: Research Question 1: To what extent do Realistic personality types predict achievement career aspiration of secondary school students in Anambra state?
0.040 0.2 In Table 2, it was observed that the investigative personality type had Beta of 0.040

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Career aspiration is a progressive process that could extend throughout life and tends to involve not a single decision, but a series of decisions. Career aspiration is not just a matter of desiring an occupation that is a good match with a person’s interest but in reality, the process is a lot more demanding This is due to the fact that a career has certain distinct characteristics that allow it to be described as a form of work. From an occupational point of view, it could be seen as an occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education considered to be a person's life work. When viewed in this manner, a career is seen as a sequence of related jobs, usually pursued within an industry or sector (Hooley, Marriott, Watts and Coiffait, 2014). Choosing a career involves more than just choosing of occupation; the choice forms the basis from which one's career evolves

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