Shiraz University Undergraduate Agricultural Students’ Responsibility towards Intention to Receiving Career Counseling

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 M.Sc. of the Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Education, Shiraz University

2 Professor of the Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Education, Shiraz University

3 Assistant Professor of the Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Education, Shiraz University

Abstract

Responsibility as one of the aspects of morality, means that a person performs her moral duty and action with her own consent and is accountable for it. Responsibility encompasses a wide range of dimensions. The present study aimed to determine relationship between the levels of responsibility (Zamhos), and intention to receiving career counseling towards Shiraz university undergraduate agricultural students. The research population includes 875 undergraduate agricultural students were studying in the first semester of 2018-2019 academic year. According to Morgan’s table and to reach the number of valid samples (T. Student), 330 subjects were selected by two-stage stratified random sampling. For gathering information use semi-structured questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed by panel of experts of agricultural extension and education and the reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.95) and SPSS software used for data analysis. The results showed that personal responsibility has a direct and weak relationship with intention to receiving career counseling. Although general social responsibility has a direct and strong relationship with religious responsibility.

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Journal of Agricultural Education Administration Research
Volume 12, Issue 54 - Serial Number 54
December 2022
Pages 137-159

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