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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.11.368

The Effect of Social Support of College Students on Career Preparation Behavior : Mediating effects of positive psychological capital  

Kim, Soo hyun (Department of ICT & DRONE, Gangwon State University)
Yim, Hwang bin (Department of ICT & DRONE, Gangwon State University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.11, 2019 , pp. 368-375 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated how career support for professional college students affects career preparation behavior and verified the mediating effect of positive psychological capital in the relationship between career support and career preparation behavior. The specific research problems are as follows. First, what is the relationship between social support, positive psychological capital, and career preparedness? Second, does social support and positive psychological capital directly affect career preparation behavior? Third, does social support influence the career preparation behavior by supplying positive psychological capital? For this purpose, the subjects were 240 students from G college. Correlation analysis and step-wise multiple regression analysis were used to examine the study's research questions. The results of this study are as follows. First, social support, positive psychological capital and career preparation behaviors all have significant positive correlation. Second, social support and positive psychological capital had an impact on the career preparation behavior. Third, there was a partial mediating effect of positive psychological capital on the effect of social support on career preparation behavior. The result of this study is meaningful in that it provides basic data that is the foundation for professional career guidance and career education of professional college students.
Keywords
College Education; Social Support; Career Preparation Behaviors; Positive Psychological Capital; Mediating Effect;
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