@article{ahmed2017factors,
  title = {Factors Influencing Students’ Career Choices: Empirical Evidence from Business Students},
  author = {Kazi Afaq Ahmed and Nimra Sharif and Nawaz Ahmad},
  year = 2017,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JSAR/2017/718849/},
  journal = {Journal of Southeast Asian Research},
  volume = 2017,
  pages = 15,
  doi = 10.5171/2017.718849,
  abstract = {An incorrect career choice directs all individual efforts and resources into a wrong direction, when not aligned with the expectations; would not only be frustrating rather draining of the individual energy and wastage of resources. The motivation behind this research study was to investigate the factors that influence the career selection choice of the student and create a possible alignment between their preferences and the institutions curriculum and offerings. The structured questionnaire was distributed among MBA/BBA students enrolled in different universities of Karachi. Data were collected from 120 participants and analyzed using SPSS. Correlation and multiple -regression were applied as statistical tools to test the hypotheses. The results of the study revealed that “interest in the subject” is the most dominant factor influencing career choices of business students f (1,118)= 12.304, p},
  keywords = {Career Selection Choice, interest in the subject, future employability},
  note = Article ID: 718849
}