TY - JOUR
T1 - Credentialism and career aspirations
T2 - How urban Chinese youth chose high school and college majors
AU - Kim, Sung Won
AU - Brown, Kari Elle
AU - Fong, Vanessa L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the Comparative and International Education Society. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/5
Y1 - 2016/5
N2 - This article explores how graduates of a junior high school in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, chose their high school and college major subject of study and the extent to which their majors fit with their work trajectories. We found that most interviewees considered the likelihood of a major and degree leading to better job opportunities more important than how the major fit with their personal interests. However, the unpredictability of the market economy in China made it difficult to anticipate which majors would lead to more lucrative jobs, and many eventually found work that did not match their majors.
AB - This article explores how graduates of a junior high school in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, chose their high school and college major subject of study and the extent to which their majors fit with their work trajectories. We found that most interviewees considered the likelihood of a major and degree leading to better job opportunities more important than how the major fit with their personal interests. However, the unpredictability of the market economy in China made it difficult to anticipate which majors would lead to more lucrative jobs, and many eventually found work that did not match their majors.
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U2 - 10.1086/685554
DO - 10.1086/685554
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964294742
VL - 60
SP - 271
EP - 292
JO - Comparative Education Review
JF - Comparative Education Review
SN - 0010-4086
IS - 2
ER -