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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.3.273

The impact of university students' major satisfaction on career preparation behavior and mediating effect of openness to diversity  

Lee, Hyo-Seon (Department of Airline Cabin Service Management, Far East University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.12, no.3, 2021 , pp. 273-280 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine an influence of university students' major satisfaction on career preparation behavior and the mediating effect of openness to diversity. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 182 university students and SPSS 23.0, AMOS 23.0 program was used for statistical analysis of the data. The results of this study are as follows: First, major satisfaction has a positive effect on openness to diversity and career preparation behavior. Second, openness to diversity has a positive effect on career preparation behavior. Third, openness to diversity has a partiall mediating effect between major satisfaction and career preparation behavior. These results show that the more students enhance their major satisfaction and openness to diversity, the more students enhance their career preparation behavior.
Keywords
Major satisfaction; Openness to diversity; Career preparation behavior; University students; Career Education;
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