APPENDIX
INTERVIEW GUIDE
Research Question 1:
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b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
How do female students in the universities
conceptualise career aspiration?
Personal experience career journey (idea formation of careers).
Are some careers specifically designed for female?
In what ways do you think restricted you as a female in the choice of
your career?
In your opinion, how does the upbringing of female students affect their
career choices?
Should female students in the universities be career ambitious in the
light of marriage and family life?
If yes, how can it be done?
How does society perceive career women?
Research Question 2:
Which career options are predominant
among female students in the universities?
a)
What career options are common among female students in the
universities?
b)
What are your observation about the career options made by female
students in the universities? – New perceptions New ambitions
Failure affecting them.
Research Question 3:
Which factors influenced the career choices
of female students in the universities?
a)
What factors influence career choices of female students in the
universities?
b)
What are the implications of those factors that affect the career choices?
c)
In your own opinion which factors affected your own career choice?
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Research Question 4:
What inhibitive factors influence the
achievement of career ambitions among
female students in the universities?
a)
What needs to be done to encourage women pursue careers perceived as
preserve of men?
b)
How can women combine both career ambitions and marriage?
Research Question 5:
Are female students exposed to career
guidance services?
a) Do you consider the career guidance you had at the senior high school
useful enough to influence your choice of career at the university
level? If yes, How?
b) State briefly your recommendations with respect to some problems
that hinder the effective implementation of career guidance at the
Senior High School Level?
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