Authors

1 دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جندی شاپور

2 دانشکده بهداشت

Abstract

Students' expectations and attitudes about their academic field and prospective job are two effective factors for their motivation. This study was aimed to study the relationship between the expectation of academic field and attitude about prospective job among students in school of health at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical sciences in 2014. In this descriptive-analytical investigation, 242 students contributed to answer the study instrument which was a researcher-made questionnaire including 26 questions; it was included 13 questions for demographic questions, 13 questions for investigating students' expects, and their attitude about job prospect. The correlation between these items and demographic field were investigated; in addition, collected data were analyzed having used analytical and descriptive statistics in spss17,. 68/6% of participations were highly expected corresponding to their academic field, and 79/3% of students had hopefully positive attitude about their future job. Furthermore, these two variables were significantly correlated and effecting each other. Accordingly, this study has addressed positive view of students in terms of their academic field and job prospect, moreover, results of This study can be applied in future plans and create more clear scene about their job prospect, in terms of job and employment in future life.

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