The Negative Effects of Undecidability in Career Choices of

Grade 11 ICT Students at St. Agnes Academy of

Caloocan Inc. A.Y. 2022-2023

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in

Submitted By:

Barboco, Jomarie Cabique

Introduction

It is difficult for a student to choose a Career. If they have not learned

anything yet, understand and evaluate the choice and adapt it to your decision. Strand

and course are your way to find your career that fits yourself, before deciding on your

future career, it's important to perform thorough research and to know your options.

Even if you have a career in mind, you may come across something you hadn't

previously thought of. As you look for the right career, keep your biggest strengths in

mind. Though you can always work on your skill set, starting your research with jobs

you know you'd be good at can lead you in the right direction. It can also improve your

chances of job satisfaction.

Those students having a difficulty in decision-making and thinking about

negative results are the one who are undecided to their career. Students having a hard

time to find their career because they think they don't fit at the career, lack of

confidence, as the result of that, they can't decide because of their negativity. They may

lack information about themselves. They may need to spend some time in college to

learn more about all these areas, Search careers that suit you. It needs

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time to find your career. The major subjects they chose in their college may not be

compatible so they have an undecided choice for the career they will pursue.

Some thoughts on why being undecided is not only okay, but can even be a

benefit on your college journey. Undecided majors—also called “undeclared majors” or

“open majors,” depending on the institution—have the freedom to explore.

We gathered that according to tata health, decision-making, especially

career decision-making, can be influenced by a lot of intrinsic and extrinsic factors.

Understand these influences can help in making an informed career decision which can

have long-term implications. The following are some of the factors that are considered

in the process of career decision making.

First is personality, personality consists of relatively stable enduring traits. A

match between one’s personality and career are associated with better adjustment at

work and job satisfaction. A career counsellor will use standardized tests to assess

personality and give feedback on your dominant traits and their relevance to one’s

career. Second is the Interest, although not as stable as personality can also influence

your career decision-making process. Your career interests involve your preferences

about work environments and the nature of the work that you want to pursue. A career

counsellor may understand your career-related interests by administering standardized

tests. Third is Values an understanding of our core values that we consider non-

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negotiable can help us guide our career decision-making process. A career that clashes

with our values can lead to dissonance, influencing our job satisfaction. An avenue that

can help you realize and express your core values can also lead to a greater sense of

purpose and meaning in your work. Fourth is Perception of careers, popular media has

influenced our perception of careers. There are some careers that are perceived to be

more glamorous and desirable than others, solely based on how they are portrayed.

However, selecting a career path based on a biased perception may not be an ideal

method, leaving us vulnerable to experience shock and regret. It would be helpful if you

consult people working in the field to get a more accurate perception of the pros and

cons of the career. Fifth is Skills abilities and talents, the skills, abilities, and talents that

you have acquired over the years also play a role in your career choices. Sixth is

Culture. The culture that you were exposed to does have a significant role in influencing

the values and expectations.

One’s selection of a career can be influenced by the cultural norms that an

individual is expected to follow. However, these cultural norms can also create

expectations and pressure to adhere to them. Multicultural career counselling can help

address these dilemmas, which can help you make an informed and strategic decision.

Seventh is Socio-economic factors, our career choices occur in the context of the

economy and forces that affect the economy. Our own socio-economic status might be

a significant determining force that will influence the choice of our career. The

remuneration that we receive, our long-term financial aspirations influence our career

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choices. The last one is Other career related factors, the prospects for growth within a

career, the

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perquisites it offers, the geographical location of the organization, the opportunity to

work from home, job security are other parameters that can influence our career

choices

As you can see there are lots of factors to consider but need not do it alone.

Seeking support from a trained career counsellor can aid you in making a strategic and

informed decision.

The negative effects that can happen to students who are still undecided in

their careers are, they may not immediately be able to choose a course they will study

when they come to college because they are not sure of the path they will take. They

may also not have preparedness in life. It is very important to know and prepare your

desired career as soon as possible in order to be prepared for the future.

The outcome if they did not find the right career is as mentioned earlier, there

may not be preparedness in life, even if you have a career but you don't really want it,

you may even be disappointed in growing it, there may also be confusion because of

uncertainty in the career path

In the end, students need to know what kind of career that suits to them.

Choosing career that fits to them means they’re slowly learning things about them until

they recognize what kind of person they are and what kind of career fits to them. The

first step, they need to do is to examine their selves, what are those values they believe

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of, what kind of work they are capable of, did they enjoy doing those or that work. In

finding career you need to use your passion and talent, you need to know what kind of

work gives you energy, makes you excite, and do you enjoy learning about what kind of

career you are capable of. You also need to be confident about your passion and talent

to achieve the success on your career. Second, you need to know your motivations.

when you know what kind of career you are capable of, you are starting to gain

motivation to it, once you found out what career you wanted, you’ll starts to feel that you

need to be the best on your career, and that's a motivation. another thing that gives you

motivation is the salary and benefits of the career, you should think about that, gaining

tons of money will gives you a benefit and motivates you to work hard to your career.

Third, the goal, it helps you to pursue what you want to do, example of that is you want

to have a big company, by that it gives you an idea what kind of career you want.

Fourth, make a research about those careers, it gives you an idea what kind of career

fits to you, research about what kind of work environment they have, how much is the

salary and is it enough for you. Last, self-assessment test, one of the important steps,

you will probably know what kind of personality type do you have, what kind of

intelligence you have, by that you will know what kind of work environment you are

capable of. In personality type, if you are an introvert, you are mostly in the quiet, not

that many people you work of, and you can work at the office company, and if your

intelligence is linguistic, you can be a teacher or a story writer. By those steps, students

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can help themselves to know what kind of career they will choose, it also helps them

while pursuing their career.

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Statement of the Problem

It contains procedures for important details to obtain the necessary

information for the research we are gathering.

1. What are the demographic profile of respondents in terms of?

1.1. Name (Optional)

1.2. Age

1.3. Gender

2. What is the mostly possible reason why students are undecided on choosing

career base on the choices below?

2.1. They think they are not fit in the career

2.2. Confused

2.3. Lack of confidence

2.4. Lack of motivation

2.5. Lack of budget

3. What is the negative effect of being undecided in career? Base in your point of
view.

3.1. Can't find the perfect career

3.2. Chooses the career did not fits to you

3.3. Poor performance

3.4. Delays the plan for the future

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4. Do you think students can still help themselves to decide what kind of career they

will choose?

4.1. Yes

4.2. No

4.3. Maybe

5. What do you think is the solution will mostly work in choosing career?

5.1. Motivation

5.2. Planning a goal

5.3. Research about the career you are interested

5.4. Examine yourself or self-assessment

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Assumption

This supports the research and beliefs of the researchers assumes in

the study.

1. That the data gathered are valid and reliable.

2. There are possible reasons why students are undecided in their career.

3. Being undecided has a negative effect on the career.

4. The students can also help themselves to decide on the kind of career they will

choose.

5. There is a solution to choosing a career.

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Scope and Delimitation

This study will focus on the Negative Effects of Undecidability in Career

Choices of students. The St. Agnes Academy of Caloocan Inc. Grade 11 ICT students

will serve as the study's primary subjects. 30 ICT students in Grade 11 will be the

maximum number of respondents. Additionally, in order to prevent bias, the

respondents will also get a set of questionnaires in the form of a Google survey, which

they must complete for each topic that the researchers will ask. The data gathered from

the selected respondents will be used as both a data source and a point of reference for

the study in question. This would enable the researchers to determine the negative

effects of undecidability in career choices of students of ICT students at St. Agnes

Academy of Caloocan Inc.

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Significance of the Study

This study research helps the reader to learn what would be the reason why this

research topic made.

To Learners, it is also necessary to have knowledge to address the lack of

knowledge in pursuing the appropriate career for each learner.

To parents. this research could be a guide to them to help their child to decide

what kind of career they want, also it may prevent the one-sided decision career that

many students didn’t want to happen, one sided decision is a decision from the

student’s parent only, the parents decides what kind of career they want for their child.

To students. they will learn what are those other reasons of being undecided,

what would be the negative outcome if they are undecided, and what learning can they

use to help them decides on their career.

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Definition of Terms

To simplify the understanding of the research, the corresponding terms are

defined here in.

Career. In this study, the term defined as a path or progress through life

history. A profession or occupation chosen as one’s life work. (Career Definition

& Meaning | [Link])

Culture. Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs

and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to

generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As

such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, art. norms

of behavior, such as law and morality, and systems of belief. (Boston University

School of Public Health)

Decision-making. As use in this study, the term pertains to the process of

making choices, especially important choices. (Cambridge Dictionary)

Job. It pertains to the regular work that a person does to earn money.

(Cambridge Dictionary)

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 Personality. As use as reference in study, pertains to individual differences

in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. The study of

personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual

differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or

irritability. The other is understanding

how the various parts of a person come together as a whole. (American Psychological

Association)

Perception. In this study, this term refers to a particular way of

understanding or thinking about something. (Macmillan Dictionary)

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 CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Foreign Literature

Héloïse Berkowitz et., al (2022) Organizing for societal grand

challenges. Meta-organizations are crucial devices to tackle grand challenges.

Yet, by bringing together different organizations, with potentially diverging views

on these grand challenges, meta-organizations need to cope with the emergence

of contradictory underlying social orders. Do contradictory orders affect meta-

organizations’ ability to govern grand challenges and if so, how? This paper

investigates these essential questions by focusing on the evolution and

intermeshing of social orders within international governance meta-organizations.

Focusing on the International Whaling Commission and the grand challenge of

whale conservation, we show how over time incompatible social orders between

the meta-organization and its members emerge, evolve and clash. As our study

shows, this clash of social orders ultimately removes the “decidability” of certain

social orders at the meta-organizational level. We define decidability as the

possibility for actors to reach collective decisions about changing an existing

social order that falls under a collective’s mandate. We argue that maintaining

decidability is a key condition for grand challenges’ governance success while

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the emergence of “non-decidability” of controversial social orders can lead to

substantial

failure. We contribute to both the emerging literature on grand challenges

and organization theory.

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Local Literature

Josephine P. Manapsal (2019) This study is a descriptive survey

research design. Total enumeration was used since there are only 80 Grade 11

students. The problems encountered are ranked in order: 1. they are confused

with what course to take; 2. their mother/father makes the decision for them; 3.

the family income is not sufficient; 4. there is no school that offers the course

they want; 5. they do not see their future career; 6. they feel sickly that they can't

choose the right career for them. Lastly, having a problem being away from their

friends if they take a different course. The difficulties encountered are ranked in

order: 1. they like the course or career, but they don't think they can finish it 2.

they have difficulty in choosing that they might shift someday; 3. they have

chosen a career but it is difficult to see themselves enjoying in the profession; 4.

there is a conflict with what they want and what their parents want; 5. they fear

that they might be rejected in the course they are going to take; 6. they don't

have a clear vision of what's going to be their future career; 7. they can't think of

other reasons why it's difficult for them to make a decision; 8. they just go with

the flow with the recent demand of profession in the society nowadays; 9.1. they

don't know their interest and; 9.2 they think, they are still young to make their

own decision; 10. they perceived that they don't have a talent.

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Foreign Studies

Oğuzhan Kırdök and Esranur Harman (2018) One of the reasons of

being undecided in choosing career is being in the locus of control, it plays an

important role in the process of decision-making and may affect decision-making

behavior directly. There are two types of locus of control, first is the external

locus of control. External locus of control believes on the other people luck and

fate, it let other people control them, they may not come to the process of

decision-making. The other locus off control is the internal locus of control, it is a

control-oriented and aware on their own decision-making.

There is a significant impact on the decision-making process of the family

and the community. While making their own future career plans, students can be

under pressure of choosing the career their families predestined for them

irrespective of their own desires and of going on the profession of their parents.

The family and the environment influenced the student being undecidability in

choosing their career.

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Local Studies

Julde E. Dangoy(2020) One of the challenges that influences students

of being undecided with their career is adolescent stage. This is the stage where the

student is planning and preparing themselves in a role, taking a part in the community

by taking the desired course or job to uplift his/her dignity as a person. As students

continue to college, wisely choosing a career greatly impacts their future career life.

Changing courses could be a cause of having the wrong decision in choosing career

that could lead to a waste of time, resources, and career frustration.

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 CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH METHOLOGY

RESEARCH DESIGN

This chapter is about the procedure that contains gathered data to answer

the specific questions can be answered systematically and it contains quantitative

research about our topic. The specific contents of this chapter are respondents of the

study, research instrument, data gathering procedure and statistical treatment of the

data.

RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

The respondents of the study are composed of the selected Grade 11 ICT

students of St. Agnes Academy of Caloocan, Inc., for the school year 2022-2023, which

is one of the essential processes to ensure the success of the study. These participants

were selected through random sampling. With this sampling method, every person in

the population has the potential to be included in the sample.

Thirty (30) respondents from St. Agnes Academy of Caloocan, Inc.'s

selected Grade 11 ICT students make up the chosen respondents.

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RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

We used to google form to survey the students about our research, The

Negative Effects of Undecidability in Career Choices of Grade 11 ICT Students. What is

Google form/Gform? Google Forms is a survey administration software included as part

of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. The service also

includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Sites,

and Google Keep. Google Forms is only available as a web application. We use this

instrument to answer the sheets that we give to the students.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

The data will be gathered by the Google Forms. The data will be form by the

respondent who answered the questions in the Google Forms. The gathered data will

be use for the purpose of the research.

STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

In gathering data, we will use graph, charts or other visual tools that can

present a data. The answers of the respondents will be analyzed by the visual tools we

will going to use.

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