 Social and family capital and youth career intension: A case study in PakistanAmjad Ali, Shafiqa Ahsan and Sophia F. Dziegielewski Cogent Business & Management, 2017, vol. 4, issue 1, 1362838 Abstract: Selecting a career can be a complex decision for young adults in any country. Developing an entrepreneurial career choice can benefit a country and its people in many ways. This study examined the opinions of 200 university students that were business-related majors in Pakistan to determine the factors considered important for entrepreneurial growth. Previous research from across the globe was examined and related to this topic. In this study, examining social capital included family networks, professional and recreational networks and having entrepreneurial role models. When looking specifically at social capital, consistent with previous research conducted across the globe, all of the areas were found to be significant. Whereas, family capital (family size, father’s occupation, father’s income when related to career intention) were not found to be statistically relevant to the career choice. This relationship is examined, and these findings in Pakistan are compared to previous research, and recommendations for future research are made. Date: 2017 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:oabmxx:v:4:y:2017:i:1:p:1362838 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2017.1362838 Access Statistics for this article Cogent Business & Management is currently edited by Len Tiu Wright and Tahir Nisar More articles in Cogent Business & Management from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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