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The impact of social cognitive career factors on Swedish technology field students – a comparative study.
Blekinge Institute of Technology.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Technology field industry is lacking a presence of women as in most cases, men have the control on the top management positions. The problem is well-known globally. The gender mixed teams tend to perform better as different ways of thinking allow them to make better business decisions. In order to make improvements, it is important to look at convincing ways to attract young students, especially women to the industrial sector.  This study focuses on Social Cognitive Career Theory factors on technology field students in Sweden and a comparison of results between female students and other groups like male students and student of nursing degree. This country is the one on the top level with the highest percentage of graduating engineers who are women. But still, most of the graduating students are men. Understanding which factors influence major decision’s is extremely important to improve the situation.  The research focused on analysis of factors based on Social Cognitive Career Theory developed by Lent. The questionnaire was sent out to Swedish university students who chose to study technical degree or nursing, or teaching.  The statistical analysis partially confirmed SCCT regarding the influence of self-efficacy on interest and outcome expectations. It also confirmed that self-efficacy and interest are much more important for female students comparing to male students. However, the impact of interest and outcome expectations was found more important for men than for women. This study contributes to further discussions regarding not too many differences found between men and women in Sweden. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 55
Keywords [en]
Social Cognitive Career Theory, Self-efficacy, Interest, Outcome Expectations, Gender
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Engineering and Technology Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-22753OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-22753DiVA, id: diva2:1645867
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IY2594 Magisterarbete MBA
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IYAMP MBA programme, 60 hp
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2021-05-25, 12:05 (English)
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