The predictive ability of psychological capital in professional decision-making among a sample of Mu'tah University students.

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the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Mu'tah University

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            This study aims at identifying the predictive ability of psychological capital in professional decision-making among first-year students at Mutah University. The study used the descriptive predictive method. The study sample consisted of (335) male and female students from the first academic year at Mutah University. To achieve the goal of the study, the psychological capital scale was developed and it consisted of (22) items, and included four dimensions: (self-efficacy, hope, flexibility, optimism), and the professional decision-making scale consisted of (21) items. The results showed that the level of psychological capital among the study members was high, and that the level of professional decision-making was moderate. And that psychological capital had a significant contribution to explaining the variance in professional decision-making at a rate of (16.1%), and the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the arithmetic circles of psychological capital and professional decision-making, due to the variables of gender and academic specialization among the study members. The study reached a set of recommendations, the most important of which is to enhance professional decision-making among university students through training workshops.

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