Career transitions from engineering to management: Are they predictable among students?

Sara L Rynes

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(87)90014-5

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Career transitions from engineering to management: Are they predictable among students?

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Career transitions from engineering to management: Are they predictable among students?

Sara L Rynes

Journal of vocational behavior, Vol.30(2), pp.138-154

1987

DOI: 10.1016/0001-8791(87)90014-5

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Abstract

Undergraduate engineering students ( N = 284) at a prestigious 4-year engineering college were surveyed regarding their long-term career aspirations. Preliminary results revealed that 20 years from now, 36% of those sampled want to be managers, 30% engineers, 17% entrepreneurs, and 17% academics or consultants. Additional analyses revealed a number of factors that differentiated engineering aspirants from managerial ones: reasons for going to engineering school, beliefs about engineering as an occupation, career anchors, intended use of career strategies, curriculum choices, and early career plans. No differences were detected in ability or extracurricular involvement. Implications and suggestions for future research are noted.

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Title: Subtitle: Career transitions from engineering to management: Are they predictable among students?
Creators: Sara L Rynes - New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of vocational behavior, Vol.30(2), pp.138-154
DOI: 10.1016/0001-8791(87)90014-5
ISSN: 0001-8791
eISSN: 1095-9084
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Number of pages: 17
Language: English
Date published: 1987
Academic Unit: Management and Entrepreneurship
Record Identifier: 9984963203702771

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