The Effect of Career Counseling Based on Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory (LTCC) on Improving Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy - A Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of career counseling based on krumboltz’s social learning theory on university students’ entrepreneurial self- efficacy. Methods: 60full-time graduate students were selected by stratified random sampling and participated in 8 session’s career counseling based on LTCC. Data was collected via entrepreneurial self-efficacy questionnaire ( =.81). The correlated t-test and ANCOVA were used for analyze the data. Findings: participation in career counseling program improved the students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The findings also indicated career counseling based on LTCC had the same effect on male and female participants; but improved science students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy rather than engineering students. As well as, it improved urban students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy more than rural students. Conclusion: our findings indicate that educational experiences can be critically important to improve the students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy that can eventually lead to the development of entrepreneurship in the students.

Keywords: education/career counseling/krumboltz’s social learning theory/entrepreneurial self-efficacy