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Volume :47 Issue : 4 2019
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Factors Affecting Students' Choice of Becoming Social Workers
Auther : Anwar Alkhurinej Hend Al-Ma'seb
Choosing a career is usually a complex decision for individuals to make. Social work is a humanitarian profession known for its mission of enhancing human well-being, empowering the disadvantaged population, and improve social conditions through promoting social justice and social change. A total of 172 undergraduate social work students from Kuwait University participated voluntarily in the study. The findings of this study showed that there was a significant relationship between attitudes toward career choice and variables such as having a friend or relative who works as a social worker and considering studying other majors. In addition, altruistic factor was found to be the most factor the motivated social work students to choose social work as a career. The findings of the current study will help the social work profession understand the motivations that inspired social work students in Kuwait to choose social work to be their profession.
Key words: Career Choice, Motivation, Social Work, Social workers.