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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.2.606

The Influence of University Students' Locus of Control on Stress towards Employment  

Yun, Sung-Won (The Graduate School of Vocational, Kyonggi University)
Kim, Ki-Seung (The Graduate School of Vocational, Kyonggi University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.2, 2012 , pp. 606-614 More about this Journal
Abstract
With rising concerns on downturn of global economy, college graduates are experiencing a serious unemployment crisis. In this reality, undergraduates preparing for employment face much stress from worries and conflicts. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to examine the influence of university student's belief of destiny on sub factors of employment stress such as environmental, physical, psychological and keen behaviors according to internal and external locus of control. 550 surveys were distributed to four-year university students in Seoul, capital area and rural area for 15 days from October 5 until October 20, 2011. 480 surveys were returned, among which 430 were effective as study subjects. As a result of this study, first, environmental influence on employment stress was high at 49% while physical influence was 7%. Second, as a result of performing correlation analysis on employment stress and locus of control, external locus of control showed positive influence in environmental, physical, psychological and keen behaviors. Internal locus of control showed negative influence in all behaviors, suggesting that more diverse career information must be provided. Since increase in career efficacy and reduction of employment stress in university students are directly linked to unemployment rate of youths, diverse and active methods are deemed necessary.
Keywords
Locus of Control; Stress towards Employment;
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