Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify and describe the impact of the support system on the career development of first generation college graduates.
Research Questions:
--What comprises the first generation college graduates' support system for each generation (i.e. social network, friends, family and colleagues and mentors)?
--What is the relative importance/influence of each support system component in career development for each generation?
Design/Methodology/Approach: There were a total of 21 in-depth interviews with equal number of participants for all three generations (Baby Boomers, X and Y). The interviews were recorded, transcribed and then coded. Further, there are cross case and within case analyses.
Research Limitations: No participants were born outside of the range of 1946 to 1990. While women were equally represented during the purposeful sample selection, the research did not delve into gender differences study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nova.edu/oai:nsuworks.nova.edu:hsbe_etd-1051 |
| Date | 01 January 2014 |
| Creators | Kaufman, Matthew |
| Publisher | NSUWorks |
| Source Sets | Nova Southeastern University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | HCBE Theses and Dissertations |
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