Impact of parents career behaviour On career and talent development of university students

Abstract

The term talent development means building the required talents, knowledge and abilities which are considered necessary for students to develop and accomplish their potentials leading to a successful workplace. The updated and amplified level of wellbeing and performance is considered important during the process of career and talent development, as it builds knowledge about strategies to improve academic, cognitive and achievement outcomes. The study examined the impact of parents’ career behaviour on career and talent development of university students. The objectives of the study were to measure the relationship of parent career behaviour on career and talent development; to measure the impact of parent career behaviour on career and talent development of university students; and to compare the effect of parent career behaviour on career and talent development of university students across gender. The study focused and shed light on the data collected from two hundred and forty (240) final semester graduates from various departments of public sector university. The findings provided a valuable insight to assess talent development, work values and career exploration skills considered mandatory before applying for entry-level positions in different field of work. The standardized research instruments were used after permission from author were Parent Career Behaviour Checklist (PCBC) and Career and Talent Development (CTD) scale which enabled researcher to explore existing and new skills of students attained throughout academic tenure. The researcher formulated information sheet that helped to gather students age and gender amongst group of sample size to strengthen data analysis. The analysis was done with the help of t-test, which helped in analyzing the difference between the sample size (e.g. different departments), product mean coefficient of correlation with the help of analysis of variance (ANOVA) enabled researcher to see the relationship between two variables (e.g. talent development is related to support). Whereas, product-moment of coefficient of correlation and regression analysis with help of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS - XVI) helped in understanding the relationship of one variable with different variables (e.g. relation parent career behaviour with career exploration & work values). The results indicated the impact of parent career behaviour on career and talent development of university students.