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Dissertation
Critical consciousness between economic constraints, marginalization, and work volition among college students: an examination of psychology of working theory
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Summer 2024
DOI: 10.25820/etd.007623
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine a) the relationships between economic constraints, marginalization, and work volition as well as b) the role of critical consciousness in the relationship between economic constraints, marginalization, and work volition among college students. The data is from 228 undergraduate students enrolled in a midwestern four-year university at the time of survey completion. We conducted a hierarchical linear regression analysis using SPSS to test the hypotheses. Results showed the higher economic constraints and marginalization each relate to the lower work volition. Critical consciousness did not buffer this negative correlation between economic constraints and marginalization on work volition. The results indicate that critical consciousness alone may not be sufficient in mitigating the negative effect of economic constraints and marginalization on work volition.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Critical consciousness between economic constraints, marginalization, and work volition among college students: an examination of psychology of working theory
- Creators
- Halin Chung
- Contributors
- Saba Rasheed Ali (Advisor)Stacey McElroy-Heltzel (Advisor)Martin Kivlighan (Committee Member)Lori Adams (Committee Member)Jacob Priest (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Date degree season
- Summer 2024
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.25820/etd.007623
- Number of pages
- viii, 39 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2024 Halin Chung
- Language
- English
- Date submitted
- 07/10/2024
- Description illustrations
- illustrations, tables
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-39).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
- This study explored how college students’ awareness of inequity as well as their perceived ability and actual actions in creating social changes can enhance their sense of agency in making career decisions, despite experiences of being economically and socially marginalized. Survey results showed that the more students have experienced economic and social marginalization, the less sense of agency they perceive in making career-related decisions. The awareness of inequity along with the perceived ability and actions in making societal changes did not weaken the influences of those experiences of having limited economic resources and being marginalized on students’ sense of agency in career choices.
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984698352502771
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