How are the Students Selecting their Bachelor Specialization? A Qualitative Approach.

Bobâlcă, Claudia; Țugulea, Oana; Bradu, Cosmina Paula

doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(14)00553-x

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“…Rukmi mentioned, "I need tough things to drive me" Chathura stated, "I selected finance, which is tough because it will make me utilize my full potential." As the next driving factor, it was found that three students identified that learning new things has always been a drive for them and they have found intense curiosity in it, supporting the findings of Bobâlcă et al, (2014). Accordingly, they have selected OPM, which is entirely a new arena; and marketing as it is always an updating field.…”

Section: Self-motivationsupporting

confidence: 55%

“…Anojan and Nimalathasan (2013) also pointed out that there should be continuous studies relating to the factors affecting the choice of specialization, which would bring efficiency to the university education. Bobâlcă et. al., (2014) highlighted the importance of studies in this aspect by relating the choice of specialization as a consumer behaviour and decision-making and as a service provider, universities need to continuously update and study consumer choice, behaviour, decisions, and rationale or irrationals behind them.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“The Catalysts of Choice:” Factors influencing the Choice of Specialization Areas by Management Undergraduates in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Bandara,

Krithika,

Nisansala

et al. 2024

Asian J. Mgt. Stud.

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This study was contextually undertaken in the Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya, with two objectives: to explore the contextual factors affecting the selection of specialization and to classify such contextual factors. The qualitative interpretive methodology, precisely a case study strategy, was followed. Thematic analysis was conducted on the data collected through semi-structured interviews with 24 second and third-year students from different ethnicities and genders. The study found that three major arenas, the self, the people, and the information, influence the choice of specialization areas. Theoretically, this is one of the pioneering qualitative explorations on the factors influencing the choice of specialization of management undergraduates of Sri Lankan State universities.

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Section: Self-motivationsupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“The Catalysts of Choice:” Factors influencing the Choice of Specialization Areas by Management Undergraduates in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Bandara,

Krithika,

Nisansala

et al. 2024

Asian J. Mgt. Stud.

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“…When students select a field of specialization in higher education, they consider various types of academic criteria. These are educational elements, courses that need to be attended, assignments, perceived difficulty of the program, teachers' characteristics, entry requirements and opportunities to gain practical experience (Bobâlcă, Ţugulea and Bradu, 2014). Academic considerations, therefore, have a large impact on students' decisions to select a field of specialization (Sarwar and Masood 2015).…”

Section: Academic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affecting the Selection of Human Resources Management as an Area of Specialization: A Conceptual Model

W.S.K¹,

M.K.V.R²,

W.G.G.M.J³

et al. 2020

IJHRS

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In modern times, the trends in students’ choice of specialization in the bachelor’s degree are changing rapidly. Therefore, this research study attempts to build a conceptual framework to uncover the relationship between students’ choice of specialization in Human Resources Management (HRM) and the factors that influence students’ decision making when selecting the area of specialization. This concept paper examines the independent variables (influential factors) which impact the selection of HRM as an area of specialization. The conceptualization supports the theoretical framework created to identify the personal factors, academic factors and social factors which lead to the selection of the area of specialization. The primary importance of this paper is that the conceptual framework can be used in other countries for academic purposes.

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“…On the other hand, there are studies that are relevant in terms of their contents. The main axis of the studies is what the students take into consideration when choosing a university department and a career or what are the factors that influence them [1,2]. The studies in this area have generally examined the variables that influence the choice of the students and attempted to find out which factor is more discriminative.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Relatively more studied subject in the literature is student expectations from the profession [1,2]. The prominent factors of the student expectations are for example allowance of his or her family, social benefit, social expectations, career opportunities, and salary.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measurement of the appropriateness in career selection of the high school students by using data mining algorithms: A case study

Takçı

Gurkahraman

Yelkuvan

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems

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Abstract-Less than optimal choice of the university department is one of the serious problems Turkish high school students have been suffering. There are a number of potential factors affecting the student's choice of her future profession. Some of these have received attention in the literature, but such studies do not always involve an investigation of the relationship between the factors analyzed and subsequent levels of academic achievement. The present study examines the relationship between the level of academic achievement and the students' abilities, interests and expectations, by using different data mining methods and classifiers, as a preliminary work to develop a system that will guide the student to selecting a career that will be a better match for her in the future. C4.5, SVM, Naive Bayes and MLP algorithms are used for the analysis; 10-fold cross validation and train-test validation are used as models to evaluate the classifiers results. The student feature set is obtained through questionnaires and psychometric tests. The questionnaire and the psychometric test were applied to 210 and 52 students respectively, from the Computer Engineering Department at Cumhuriyet University. The class was labeled either "successful" or "unsuccessful" with reference to the grades received by each student in computer engineering courses. The comparisons of various data mining algorithms, different data set results, and models used are presented and discussed.

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How are the Students Selecting their Bachelor Specialization? A Qualitative Approach.

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

“The Catalysts of Choice:” Factors influencing the Choice of Specialization Areas by Management Undergraduates in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

“The Catalysts of Choice:” Factors influencing the Choice of Specialization Areas by Management Undergraduates in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Factors Affecting the Selection of Human Resources Management as an Area of Specialization: A Conceptual Model

Measurement of the appropriateness in career selection of the high school students by using data mining algorithms: A case study

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