A sample survey of the career maturity of disadvantaged learners in the Western Cape

[摘要] Organisations have come to exist for a definite purpose, which is to combine and transform scarce factors ofproduction into products and services with maximum economic utility. They strive to attain the highestpossible output of need satisfying products and/or services with the lowest possible input of productionfactors.In order to achieve the level of growth and development required to enable it to compete in a climate of fierceinternational competition from other developed countries, post – apartheid South Africa needs a focused,motivated and skilled workforce. Yet, the current reality is often that of South African companies' beinghandicapped by an under-skilled and, frequently, under-performing workforce.In addition, tertiary institutions experience low pass rates and high attrition rates among previouslydisadvantaged students, despite efforts to provide extra academic support and enrichment programmes.In this study, it is believed that one aspect of the difficult that many disadvantaged students have to achieveeither in tertiary study or in the workplace, can be attributed to the lack of career maturity of such learners tomake optimal career choices.The main objective of this study was to perform an audit of levels of career maturity of a sample ofdisadvantaged learners from the Western Cape. Another goal of the research was to attempt to investigatesome envisaged determinants of career maturity in an effort to isolate those that presented as having thestrongest influence on career maturity levels. A model was developed to illustrate these determinants and theirenvisaged effect which was tested among previously disadvantaged learners in the Western Cape.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University