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Abstract
The MBA degree provides a ready-made occupational identity to individuals seeking one, yet it offers confusing, incompatible career options. Nine hundred twenty-one MBA students completed a 20-item scale assessing five general desires or expectations in their career choice (personal prestige, mobility, interpersonal influence, career exploration, and entrepreneurism). The means for interpersonal influence and career exploration were high compared with maximum possible scores, suggesting that many MBA students have not yet established their occupational goals. Effects for gender, citizenship, and undergraduate major showed either small or insignificant differences.