Effectiveness of Career Counseling in Attitude Change and Increasing the Entrepreneurial Characteristics

The research purpose is to assess the effectiveness of career counseling in attitude change and increasing the entrepreneurial characteristics. The study is a quasi-experimental intervention (pretest, posttest, follow-up) with control group; the instruments used were, Entrepreneurial Characteristics Questionnaire and Career Attitude Questionnaire; our sample comprised 60 university students drawn from a larger population of students, studying in Islamic Azad University, Karaj branch. The experimental group underwent three four-hour sessions of career counseling program based on Krumboltz's social learning theory and the data were analyzed using t-test. Findings revealed that career counseling program based on Krumboltz's social learning theory has been effective in attitude change with regard to career and the increase of the entrepreneurial characteristics.