Using the Domain Identification Model to Study Major and Career Decision-Making Processes

Autor/inn/en	Tendhar, Chosang; Singh, Kusum; Jones, Brett D.
Titel	Using the Domain Identification Model to Study Major and Career Decision-Making Processes
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 43 (2018) 2, S.235-246 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2017.1329280
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Decision Making; Correlation; Engineering Education; Majors (Students); Caring; Models; Prediction; Student Attitudes; Identification; Student Motivation; Structural Equation Models; Introductory Courses; Research Universities; College Students; Measures (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Student Surveys; Factor Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Korrelation; Ingenieurausbildung; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Analogiemodell; Vorhersage; Schülerverhalten; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Schulische Motivation; Einführungskurs; Forschungseinrichtung; Collegestudent; Messdaten; Statistische Analyse; Schülerbefragung; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which (1) a domain identification model could be used to predict students' engineering major and career intentions and (2) the MUSIC Model of Motivation components could be used to predict domain identification. The data for this study were collected from first-year engineering students. We used a structural equation model to test the hypothesised relationship between variables in the partial domain identification model. The findings suggested that engineering identification significantly predicted engineering major intentions and career intentions and had the highest effect on those two variables compared to other motivational constructs. Furthermore, results suggested that success, interest, and caring are plausible contributors to students' engineering identification. Overall, there is strong evidence that the domain identification model can be used as a lens to study career decision-making processes in engineering, and potentially, in other fields as well. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01