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Gender and career Choice Differences on Bakare Vocational Interest Inventory: Implications for Vocational Counseling In Nigeria

International Journal of Development and Management Review

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Title Gender and career Choice Differences on Bakare Vocational Interest Inventory: Implications for Vocational Counseling In Nigeria
 
Creator Ucheagwu, A Valentine
Nweke, CC
Anazonwu, CO
Ugokwe-Ossai, RN
Alaware, Mathias Bentina
 
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Description The study examined gender and aspired occupational differences on Bakare Vocational Interest Inventory (BVII). Two hundred and twenty (56 males and 164 females) undergraduate students participated in the study. Their ages ranged between 16-30 years with a M age of 21.79 and SD age of 2.61. The BVII by Bakare (1977) was used to gather information on the participants’ interest areas. A survey research design involving MANOVA statistical analysis was used in data analysis. The result of the findings showed significant gender differences on the Outdoor F(1,890) = 11.74, Mechanical F(1,189) = 8.28 and Computational F(1,189) = 1.47 interest areas of BVII. Similarly, aspired occupational choices differed significantly on Outdoor, F(5,189) = 3.24, Computational F(5,189) = 7.77, Artistic F(5,189) = 6.16, Musical F(5,189) = 3.25 and Clerical, F(5,189) = 2.28. Conversely, significant gender and aspired occupation interactions were found on the Outdoor F(5,189) =2.29 interest area of BVII all at p< .05 level. The discussions centered on the import of gender item bias, gender and occupational influences as well as societal influences on vocational interests.Keywords: Career choice differences, Gender, BVII, Vocational counseling, NigeriaInternational Journal of Development and Management Review (INJODEMAR) Vol. 7 June, 2012
 
Publisher Directorate of General Studies, FUT, Owerri
 
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Date 2012-07-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijdmr/article/view/79294
10.4314/ijdmr.v7i1.
 
Source International Journal of Development and Management Review; Vol 7, No 1 (2012)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijdmr/article/view/79294/69599
 
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