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Career Choices and Occupational Images

    Mah Nazir Riaz

    Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan


Received
02 Aug, 1995
Accepted
10 Nov, 1995
Published
31 Dec, 1995

The study examined the career choices and occupational images of high school and college students. The sample consisted of 600 boys and 400 girls selected from different schools and colleges of Peshawar. An aptitude test Peshawarana Rujhanat Ki Azmaish was devised by the author to study different issues and considerations as related to career choices of adolescents in our country. The results show that the three occupations 'most preferred' by boys, in order of preference, are armed forces, medicine, and engineering. Girls, on the other hand, have described medicine, law, and teaching as the three most preferred careers. The occupations 'most disliked' by boys are police, teaching, and business; whereas girls have described show business, air-hostess, and politics as the most disliked professions. The main reasons for preferring an occupation are altruistic and social, whereas the reasons for disliking an occupation are ethical and personal. The data further demonstrate that our subjects are quite definite in their ideas about what people in these occupations are but they do not have much information concerning specific work activities of even their most liked occupations.

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APA-7 Style
Riaz, M.N. (1995). Career Choices and Occupational Images. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 10(1-4), 13-26. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=557

ACS Style
Riaz, M.N. Career Choices and Occupational Images. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 1995, 10, 13-26. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=557

AMA Style
Riaz MN. Career Choices and Occupational Images. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 1995; 10(1-4): 13-26. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=557

Chicago/Turabian Style
Riaz, Mah, Nazir. 1995. "Career Choices and Occupational Images" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 10, no. 1-4: 13-26. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=557