The Role of Career Barriers and Career Future Perceptions in the Career Planning Process

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of career futures and perceived career barriers in the university students career planning processes. “Career Planning Scale”, “The Career Futures Inventory” and “Perceived Career Barriers Scale” were administered to 226 (123 female, 103 male) university students. The results showed that there were some differences between the participants who exhibited career planning behaviors at different levels in terms of perceived career barriers and perception of career futures. Also, the results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that career planning subscales were positively predicted by the “career futures subscales”, “the future of the profession and the difficulty of working conditions” and “family and environmental effect”. Moreover, career planning subscales were negatively predicted by “the future of the profession and labour market constraints” and “lack of motivation, and inadequate preparation”.