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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2024)
Peer pressure influence on career decision making self-efficacy among students in public secondary schools in Kiambu county, Kenya
Authors
Francis Kinyua Nderitu, Enos Barasa Mukadi, Prisca Tarus-Kiptoo
Abstract
Education is widely valued across the world as a central factor in
economic, political and social development of any nation. Students who make
irrational career choices run the risk of experiencing severe consequences,
such as low job performance, stress and anxiety relating to the job, and a lack
of job satisfaction and happiness. The purpose of this study was to determine.
Peer pressure influencing students’ career decision making self-efficacy among
public secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. The objectives of the study
was to establish the peer pressure influencing students’ career decision making
self-efficacy among public secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. The study
was guided by the Social Cognitive Career theory and Systems theory. This study
used cross sectional survey research design. The data was collected using
self-administered questionnaires. The target population consisted of 29,682
form three students in Kiambu County. The sample size consisted of 380 form
three students who were selected using stratified sampling techniques from the
285 secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. Questionnaires were used for
data collection. The questionnaires were pilot tested with 30 students from three
secondary schools (a boys’ school, girls’ school and a mixed school),
comprising of 10 students from each category in Nairobi County, Kenya.
Reliability was enhanced by test- retest method where a Cronbach co-efficient
alpha of 0.79 was established. Content validity of the instruments was guided
by the objectives and the experts in the Department of Psychology, Counselling
and Educational Foundations of Laikipia University. Data analysis was aided by
SPSS (Version 26). The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics which
include percentages, means, and frequencies. Hypotheses were tested using
t-test, Simple Regression and Analysis of Variance at .05 level of
significance. The research found out that peer pressure (F=2.116,p=0.001 has
statistically significant influence on students’ career decision making
self-efficacy of students in public secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya.
Findings from the study might inform the Ministry of Education, policy makers,
guidance and counseling teachers and also peer pressure could be limiting
students’ capacity to make the right career decisions. Based on the findings of
the study, it was concluded that peer pressure had statistically significant
influence on career decision making self-efficacy among students in public
secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. The study recommended that the
Government of Kenya could carefully consider gender when deploying career
teachers to various secondary schools in Kenya because the gender of the career
teachers’ does statistically influence career decision making self-efficacy.
Career teachers should take precaution while undertaking career guidance and
counseling to students since their peers has influence on career decision
making self-efficacy.
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Pages:16-21
How to cite this article:
Francis Kinyua Nderitu, Enos Barasa Mukadi, Prisca Tarus-Kiptoo "Peer pressure influence on career decision making self-efficacy among students in public secondary schools in Kiambu county, Kenya". International Journal of Educational Research and Development, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2024, Pages 16-21
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