Impact of Growth Mindset on Career Decisions among Students to Work Abroad in Higher Education Institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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https://doi.org/10.55737/qjss.v-iv.24070Keywords:
Growth Mindset (GM), Career Decision (CD), HEIsAbstract
The present aimed to examine the impact of a Growth mindset on Career decisions among students working abroad in Higher Education Institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Positivism research philosophy was applied. Therefore, a Causal research design was employed. A sample of 389 students were selected out of 27438 from the Department of Social and Natural Sciences of four universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A questionnaire was used with 32 items related to Growth Mindset (GM) developed by Chen et al. (2021) and Campbell (2019) and 25 items related to Career Decision‐Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) developed by Gati et al. (1996). The overall validity was completed through expert judgment by using the index of Item Objective-Congruence (IOC), whereas the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated at .829. Researchers used Pearson Product Moment Correlation and regression analysis. The result of the study depicts that Growth Mindset (GM) has a significant impact on the Career Decision (CD) made by students for work abroad. In addition, attitude has been found to be one of the most dominant elements in the GM of students, which significantly impacts the decision of career selection. The study recommended that HEIs organize a workshop regarding growth mindset and career counselling.
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