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This article aims to measure the level of career self-efficacy among secondary school students. It determines whether the variable of career self-efficacy could be correlated to the variable of study streams. A total of 1060 respondents had been selected by systematic cluster random samplings from 106 national secondary schools in Terengganu. This survey used a set of questionnaires that consists of two parts: (i) Demographic information (ii) Career Self-efficacy that had been tested and has high levels of validity and reliability with alpha cronbach value was 0.95. The data obtained had been analyzed using descriptive analysis that included t-Test, mean, and standard deviation to meet the research objectives. The result showed that the level of students’ career self-efficacy is significantly different in accordance with their study streams. It could be concluded that the level of career self-efficacy among the students has been influenced by their study stream. Hence, any career guidance and counseling activities should consider the factor of study streams.
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To Cite this Article: Ismail, M. S., Yusoff, S. H. M., Embong, R., Jusoh, W. H. W., Shuhari, M. H., Abdullah, S. S., Yahaya, A. (2019). The Influence of Study Stream on Carrier Self-Efficacy among Secondary School Students. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 8(4), 516–524.
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