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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

  • KOREAN
  • P-ISSN1229-067X
  • E-ISSN2734-1127
  • KCI

A Qualitative study on the meaning of work and experiences of career decision process of university students

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2013, v.32 no.3, pp.675-699




Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the meaning of work, process of career seeking and career decision of Korean university students who experience substantial career seeking and decision process as a task for entering adulthood. To identify the subjective experience of university students, 6 focus group interviews were conducted with 27 male and female students currently attend universities located in Seoul. Common contents were obtained from the interviews by classifying the primary categories and the sub-categories based on ‘Consensual Qualitative Research’ method. As a result, ‘meaning of work’, ‘experience while on career path development’, and ‘influences from family’ were determined as 3 primary categories and 22 sub-categories were also gained. Responses were mainly focused on peripheral aspects such as financial rewards and social acknowledgement in general. It is found that the students were largely affected by family in the process of career development and they determine their career identity through interaction with others, various experience, self-exploration and self-comprehension. On the basis of this study, implications, limitations and suggestions are presented for further studies in terms of career counseling and educational approach for university students.

keywords
일의 의미, 진로결정, 질적 연구, 포커스 그룹, CQR, Meaning of work, Career decision, Qualitative study, Focus group, CQR

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