GENERATION Z: DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF CAREER CHOICE

Abstract

Purpose: Current adolescents (the Generation Z) are a generation who decides whether they will continue to study at the university after graduating from high schools and which university they will choose. This decision process carries long-lasting consequences for personality as well as for society. It influences their life satisfaction, the realization of potential in the future and social acceptance. Both explicit and implicit factors are involved in the decision-making process of Generation Z. Key points: The aim of study is to reveal the key factors in the decision-making process of the Generation Z on the basis of existing theories describing human functioning. These are the basis for explaining career choices and career development. While psychologically oriented career studies emphasize personality predispositions, values or self-concepts, sociological studies are more oriented to prestige, the choice of occupation in terms of socioeconomic hierarchy and social structure of society. Methodology: In this study, theoretical analyses will be used.