Empirical Analysis of Factors Influencing High School Students' Career Decision Making

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the influence of environmental factors, interests and talents, learning experiences, and personality on students' career decision-making. The study used a quantitative approach, employing a survey method, with 206 grade XI students of SMA Negeri 15 Surabaya selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire that had met the validity and reliability tests (? = 0.90). Data analysis used multiple linear regression. The results showed that environmental factors, interests and talents, learning experiences, and personality had a significant influence on students' career decision-making (p < 0.05), both in partial and simultaneous analyses (F = 1203.884). Environmental factors were the most dominant variable (? = 0.613), followed by personality (? = 0.464), learning experiences (? = 0.268), and interests and talents (? = 0.185). The coefficient of determination (R²) value of 0.960 indicated that 96.0% of the variation in career decision-making could be explained by these four factors.