A Review of Knowledge Management Based Career Exploration System in Engineering Education <s> IV. CAREER EXPLORATION APPLICATION AND ITS BENEFITS <s> Abstract This study examined the multivariate relations between career exploration and its predictors in a sample of 156 female and 162 male college students. Combining all predictors of career exploration accounted for less than one-third of the variance. Results also indicated that the broad construct of ego identity exploration cannot be substituted for the specific construct of career exploration. Future research should consider potential metaconstructs in the prediction of career exploration and search for additional predictors. <s> BIB001 </s> A Review of Knowledge Management Based Career Exploration System in Engineering Education <s> IV. CAREER EXPLORATION APPLICATION AND ITS BENEFITS <s> The role of an academic advisor is emphasized in this study. There is only one academic advisor in the School of Engineering at the Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). The academic advisor addresses the advising needs of more than 1,200 engineering students. The importance of professional advising and the need for higher advisor-student ratio is highlighted. Both advisor and student perspectives are addressed in this paper. Student data is collected through a survey to analyze their understanding of the difference between academic and faculty advisors. The survey also reveals the importance of an academic advisor for the retention, progression and graduation success of the engineering students. of choices. The academic advisor's job is crucial in helping students make the important decisions in determining their major. This task is as essential as that of a parent or a professor. Making key decisions such as choosing a major can affect not only the student's future career goals, but also, in some cases, the course of their lives. In this study, we explore some of the common questions that students need help with while seeking academic advisement. We also analyze the central role academic advisors play in helping retain students. Retention is crucial to a University's growth. Academic advisors try to keep students interested and engaged by building a successful rapport with them. This allows students to feel comfortable in an academic setting and they tend to be motivated to follow through and progress to graduation with degrees in engineering. The passion they possess about their field helps to fuel their desire to continue, despite the challenges they face, and these students end up as successful individuals. <s> BIB002
In 2000, Denise F.B. & Christine R. BIB001 , in their study of homogenous participants of sample, found that career exploration gives higher level of career decision making, self-efficacy, personal growth initiative, explorational stress, external search instrumentality and autonomous motivated process. In addition gender differences were seen among male and female in career exploration. Male reported significantly higher levels of the control orientation in motivational process than female, indicating more engagement in career exploration behavior but study can be extended to heterogeneous group of study to generalize the study. In 2005, Janice W. & Maggie B.,  , in their study of nursing as the sample study on nursing baccalaureate education career development programs also found that students who participated in career planning and development program in the earlier years were significantly more active in the process of career planning and development, and reported greater confidence in their ability to make career related decisions than those who did not participate in such a program at that stage of their nursing education. Similarly in 2008, Esters  , in the study, "Influence of career exploration process behaviors on agriculture students' level of career certainty", also found that agriculture students level of career certainty increases on the extend of career exploration involving self and occupational exploration. While in 2011, Kelly K. Pargett,  in the study of business administration college as the sample study, found that there was a relationship between academic advising and student development; also there was a relationship between academic advising and student satisfaction with college. But this study may include other heterogeneous groups of sample to generalize the study. In 2013, Stephanie R. Easterday  , in the study, "Academic advising: A study of the impact of academic advising on student satisfaction", carried out a study to determine if Rowan University undergraduate students are satisfied with the academic advising services being provided to them by the Center for Academic Advising and Exploration (CAAdE). The study found that, students are satisfied with the academic advising they are receiving and report favorable impressions of their advisors. While in 2014, Adeel K. & Jessica W. BIB002 , in the study, "Role of Academic Advisors in the Success of Engineering Students", found that well advised students will continue enjoying their time as a college student as they are well informed and aware of what it will take to be successful. In addition, the study further highlighted the need to successfully serve all the students and to increase the number of academic advisors in the institution.