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The aim of this study is to examine the career orientation preferences of aspiring managers on the basis of four domains as personal, familial, institutional, and the educational domain.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This Research is based up on a sample size of 1096 MBA final year students from Northern India.
Findings: The results of the study suggested that identity and managerial competence came in to light as the key factors which aspiring managers firstly want in their job. The other factors of career orientation as service, variety, security, and creativity ranked as moderate variables by the budding managers. There are other two factors as technical competence and autonomy ranked as least important factor which they want in their job. Lastly the study suggested that the career orientation preferences of each aspiring manager depend on the categories of various domains from which they belongs to.
Research Limitations/Implications: The study has been conducted only on the management students.
Practical Implications: This study examines how respondents are different from each others in their career orientation preferences on the basis of personal, familial, institutional, and the educational domain. This paper help management institution to a proper job fit for their students in accordance with their career orientation.
Originality/Value: Empirical research on factors influencing career choice among North Indian MBA students. The paper addresses this issue and the study has implications for career counseling.

Keywords

Career Orientation, Career Orientation Preferences, Personal Domain, Familial Domain, Institutional Domain, Educational Domain.

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