Análisis de la auto-eficacia en la elección de carrera, de los estudiantes de primer ingreso a las titulaciones del Área Administrativa de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja.

Abstract

The present investigation, permitted the analysis of the self-efficacy in the career choice of the entering students to qualifications of the Administrative Area of (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja). This investigation had a quantitative approach with exploratory and descriptive scope of a traverse type. The original scale of self-efficacy was used on decision making of the career (Lozano, 2011), which is divided in 6 dimensions: self-knowledge, goals selection, planning, internal conflicts resolution, external conflicts resolution/ relatives and search for information. The specimen was made in 119 entering students of the Administrative Area. Variables such as the self-efficacy for careers and sex were analyzed. Careers like Economy, Banking and finance, Public Relations and Business Administration have some ability in self-efficacy while careers like Accounting, Tourism and Hotel Business Administration have something of ability in self-efficacy in the career choice. In relation with the masculine gender, this showed fairly ability, while the from female gender just some of ability about self-efficacy in the career choice.