• Journal of vocational education research
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.209-230
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• 2010

In this study, the career barriers exploration counseling program was carried out to research the factor on the career barriers of women's college students. And then the effect of the career barriers exploration counseling program on career preparation behavior of the women's students was analyzed. The program that referred to the career counseling program proposed in domestic and career material suggested in Korean Women's Development Institute and Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training was adopted in this investigation. Moreover referred to the previous research and reference related to career counseling that had conducted the related factor on career barriers and career preparation behavior. First of all, the program was reconstructed by referring to the Gottfredson(1981)'s career development theory. In order to verify the effect of the program on career preparation behavior of women's college students, two times tests were carried out on 10 persons of the experimental group and the control group respectively, before and after the program was performed. And then the ANCOVA was done on the difference between the post-test results of the experimental group and the control group. Findings of this study might be summarized as follows: First, the post-test result in the experimental group on career barriers was significantly lower than in the control group. Second, on career preparation behavior the result in the experimental group was higher than in the control group. Therefore, the career barriers exploration counseling program had a significant influence on career barriers of women's college students and the program impacted on career preparation behavior of women's college students significantly.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.485-493
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• 2014

This study is targeted at high school girls explore career barriers to validate the effectiveness of group counseling. Recognize and overcome barriers to careers in the process of setting and achieving career goals for the academic focus and the will to help school adjustment. Career barriers is composed of 7 sub-factors. There are lack of self-apprehension, lack of self-confidence, sex-role conflict and sex discrimination, disapproval by significant others, uncertainty about future, lack of career-related information and lack of financial support. The subjects participated voluntarily 32 girl's high school students were conducted. The study conducted by career barriers for group counseling program students than the control group students relaxed awareness of career barriers respectively. Considering these results, it can be said that the carriers barriers exploration program has an effect on decrease the whole career barriers and four subordinate areas of the girl's high school students.