Research Abstract NO.62
     psychological factors influencing work selection of
                            undergraduate students
                                              by
                      Associate Professor Ashara Sucaromana
                       Assistant Professor Oraphin Choochom
                              Archan Tasana Tongpukdee  

                    There were two objectives in this study. Firstly, it was to study the relationships among
undergraduate students career choices, family backgrounds, and biosocial characteristics. Secondly, it
aimed to discriminate which psychological factors had significant influence on the career choices of
undergraduate student. The sample was 365 senior undergraduate students selected from all fields and
faculties that could be reached in the academic year 1993 by purposive selection. 
                    The instrument for collecting data were a background questionnaires, a career maturity
inventory, a work value questionnaire a career choice questionnaire, a career choice motivation
questionnaire and a personality inventory. 
                    The data were analyzed to examine the association between undergraduate studentsí career
choice, family background and biosocial characteristics by using the chi-square test. The relationships
among career maturity, career values, career choice motivation, and introvert-extravert personality of
undergraduate students were also analyzed by using peasonís product moment correlation coefficients. 
                    The discriminant analysis was used to classify undergraduate students into career choice
groups based on their personalities, career choice motivation, values, and maturity. 

                    The findings were summarized as follows. 
                    1.for the relationships between undergraduate studentsí career choice, family background
and biosocial characteristics, it was found that faculty and parentsí income were associated with their
career choices. There was no relationship among gender, occupations of fathers and mothers,
participation in extra curricular activities, and career choices. 
                    2. For the relationship between psychological factors and career choices, It was found that
there were positive interrelationships among career maturity, career values, and personality. 
                    3. For the influence of significant psychological factors on undergraduate studentsí career
choices, it was found that career choice motivation and personalities tended to correlate with their career
choices. 
  

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