Little is known about the role of family in middle school Latinas’ pathway to an IT-related career. This paper will present findings on how rural, Latina girls are thinking about the role of family in their career interests. The 77 participants range in age from 12-13, and most have parents who were born in Mexico and work in service-related jobs. Students described their career goals, influenc...

results traditional paradigms of the mentor plotting the career of the mentee may not be possible in the future. in the ever-changing practice of surgery, time constraints are only increasing, making the act of mentoring more difficult. conclusions the mentee or trainee must take a more active role and seek out mentorship, seek out collaboration, be more proactive, and communicate their needs a...

This research considers the role of values, family and non-family influences on career choice, and career goals among MBA students. Data were collected from 109 MBA students in the first semester of their MBA program. Males and females were almost equally represented. Most respondents aspired to careers, not jobs, or callings. There were few gender differences in this sample. Neither family nor...

This research examines the career goals and career management strategy of information technology (IT) professionals in Singapore. The results of this research found that IT professionals seek to advance their careers in three ways. The first two are standard career paths, which involve specializing in either a technical or a managerial career. The third career path, termed technopreneurship, in...

One hundred and thirty final year high school students were administered scales tapping optimism/pessimism, self-esteem, external career barriers, career decision-making selfefficacy, career focus and career indecision. It was hypothesised, first, that cognitive style (optimism/pessimism) would predict both internal (self-esteem) and external career-related barriers, second, that internal barri...

The Master of Science in Global Health (MSGH) at Northwestern University (NU) is a new competency-based graduate degree program designed to prepare students to enter the global health workforce. The purpose of our research is to determine the market characteristics for this degree, provide student backgrounds that will guide curricular and programmatic improvements, and determine if these stude...

OBJECTIVE To survey Internal Medicine trainees' future career choices and factors influencing their decision-making. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from November 2006 to January 2007. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A standard questionnaire was administered to the residents and Interns working in the Department of Internal Medicin...

Congress has historically been quite interested in recruiting and retention of personnel in the nation's Armed Forces, since maintaining a fully manned and capable workforce is a key component of military readiness. This report provides a brief overview of the recruiting and retention results for Active and Reserve Component enlisted personnel during FY2011 and FY2012. Both years were considere...