Role Of Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy And Peer Pressure In Career Decision- Making Among Secondary School Students Of Bakelech Bari Secondary School, Ambo Town

Abstract

The purpose of this study examined Role of Self-esteem, Self-efficacy and peer Pressure in Career Decision- making among Secondary School Students of Bakelech Bari Secondary School, Ambo Town. The study employed stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. The sample size consisted of 131 participants. From these 131 students participated; 71 were males and 60 were females. In order to achieve the research objective quantitative research design(correlation) was employed , the data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed by the SPSS version 27 software to calculate descriptive, Pearson correlation coefficient and independent sample t-test to know is there gender difference on career decision making. Descriptive statistics revealed high mean and low standard deviations in variables predict career decisions. The correlation results indicate that there is moderate and significant negative relationship self-efficacy, self-esteem and independent sample t-test results indicate that there is no significant gender difference in career decision making. That means male and female are not significantly different to peer-pressure in their career decision. Result of Descriptive Statistics of self-efficacy responses on career decision making indicates that students who feel high in self-efficacy are more likely to be confident in career decision making as compared to those who feel low in self-efficacy. Result of Pearson product moment correlation coefficient indicates that there was an inverse significant relationship between student self-efficacy and career decision making among secondary school students in Ambo Town.