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http://dx.doi.org/10.17661/jkiiect.2018.11.3.221

The Impact of the Motives of College Students for Choosing Majors on Career Decision-Making -Using Self-efficacy as a Mediation Effect  

Kim, Sook-Ja (Catholic Kwandong University)
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The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology / v.11, no.3, 2018 , pp. 221-228 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the impact of the motives of college students for choosing majors on career decision-making with self-efficacy used as a mediation effect, and to utilize the results as data for career counseling for college students. To do so, a research survey was conducted from November 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017, and based on the non-random convenience sampling technique, questionnaires were distributed to 1,300 students (2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year students) of five 4-year universities located in G Province. For frequency analysis and hypothesis testing, a multiple regression analysis and 3-step mediation effect analysis were used and the results of the analyses were as follows. The results of the analysis of the mediation effect of career self-efficacy on the impact of intrinsic motive on planning style showed that goal selection had a complete mediation effect. Given these results, it is necessary that educational institutions and society provide students, even during middle and high school years, with opportunities to discover their aptitudes and interests, and an educational system should be established to pave the way for students to be well prepared for and make decisions about the work they will do.
Keywords
College student; motives for choosing majors; career decision-making; career self-efficacy; self-esteem; mediator effect;
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