The Effectiveness of Multiaxial Pattern of Vocational Choice on the Development of Small- and Mid-Sized Home-based Businesses

Considering the increase in the population of the youth and the discrepancy between what is taught in the educational system and what is needed in work place, there is a need to improve work conditions. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of Shafiabady's Multiaxial Pattern of Vocational Choice in the development of small- and mid-sized home-based businesses.

This research project, which is semiexperimental, was based on 40 people in the field of small and medium home-based jobs in Mashhad in 2019. Through sampling as a targeted cluster out of 10 workshops in Mashhad in two groups -- the experimental group (n = 20) and control group (n = 20) were performed. The experimental group underwent 8 group sessions for 90 minutes. Data were collected and analyzed using the standard analysis-maker questionnaire and works on the development of small and mid-sized businesses of Karimi et al. (2014) during the three stages before and after the intervention and 3 months later and using multi-variable covariance (MANCOVA) test.

The results showed that the mean scores of the components (financial and facilities, educational, managerial, communication and total factors) increased significantly in the post-test and follow-up stages compared to the pre-test (p <0.05). Also, in the support component, it showed a significant increase only in the follow-up phase compared to the pre-test (p <0.05).

As a result, the Shafiabady's Multiaxial Pattern of Vocational Choice was effective in developing small and medium-sized home-based businesses. Received