Nowadays, female students’ participation in higher education institutions is more than male students with a 60:40 ratio and among this number of student enrollment, the number of female students choosing the technical field is also increased. However, the number of female students that managed to secure a job as a professional engineer has yet to be proud of. Hence, this study is conducted to examine thoroughly the aspirations and factors that influenced the development of women’s career aspiration in the technical field, especially in the manufacturing sector. The respondents of this study consisted of 76 women that came from various fields of work. The findings show that career aspirations among women in the technical field are high and that the company’s support, job security, and job performance indicates a significant factor which affects the development of women’s career aspiration in the technical field. The results of this study will have an impact on the knowledge and provided more information for other researchers regarding women’s career aspiration in the technical field that assists their career development.
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To Cite this Article: Hanapi, Z., Sharif, M. S., Che’Rus, R., Mohamed, S., Kiong, T. T., & Mamat, A. B. (2019). Career Aspirations and Factors of Career Developments among Women in the Technical Field. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(7), 1437–1442.
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