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In general, individuals in today’s world know the importance of the process of making career decision which can lead to ones’ life satisfactions. However, some may have no chance to know or knowledge in regard to this topic. Plus, the research on the impact of counsellor-client working alliance in group career counselling towards difficulties in making career decision among high school students is still scarce. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between counsellor-client working alliance via group career counselling with the difficulties of making career decision among Form IV students in Dungun, Terengganu. Researcher had used quantitative method and employed experimental and correlational research designs to perform this study. A combined sampling technique which involves the use of random group sampling and simple random sampling was used to select the research subjects. 176 students were chosen for experimental research, and 88 students from treatment group were selected for correlational research. Two set questionnaires which were (i) Career Decision Difficulties Questionnaire (CDCQ) and (ii) Working Alliance Inventory (WAI), were used as the means to collect research data, whilst both descriptive and inferential statistical analysis – Pearson Correlation were used to analyse these collected data. The result of this research revealed the presence of difference between post-test’s mean and pre-test’s mean, while the result resulted from Pearson Correlation showed the presence of negative and low relationship but significant. This study recommends for school authorities and government body such as State Department of Education (JPN) to develop group career counselling session service in schools as well as provide them with sufficient budget as an incentive to strengthen the service.
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