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http://dx.doi.org/10.9728/dcs.2018.19.5.861

The Effect of Character Strength, Occupational Engagement on Career Adaptability of College Students Majoring in Multimedia Content  

Lee, Jung-Hee (Dept. of Lifelong Education & Adolescent counseling, Dong-Eui University)
Kim, Cheeyong (Major of Game Animation Engineering, Dong-Eui University)
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Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.19, no.5, 2018 , pp. 861-870 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the mediating effect of occupational engagement on the relation of college students' character strength on career adaptability. In order to accomplish the purpose of this paper, the subjects were students majoring in Multimedia content at University in Pusan, Instruments used in the research were as follows: Career Adapt-Ability Scale(CAAS), Korea-Adapted Virtue Inventory of Strength(K-AVIS), and Occupational Engagement. The results of this research were as follows: First, Male college students had higher degree of career adaptability than female students. Second, sub-factors of character strength had significantly effected on career adaptability. Finally, occupational engagement moderated partially on the relation between career adaptability and character strength.
Keywords
College Students Majoring in Multimedia Content; Career adaptability; Character strength; Occupational Engagement;
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