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Effect of Major Aptitude and Career Fit, and Employment Prospects on Graduation Attitude and Dropout Intention: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Academic Year

전공의 적성진로부합도와 취업전망도가 졸업태도와 중도탈락의도에 미치는 영향: 학년의 조절효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2021.05.31
  • Accepted : 2021.08.31
  • Published : 2021.08.30
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Abstract

In this study, factors affecting undergraduate students' dropout intentions consisted of aptitude and career fit of student's major, employement prospects of student's major, and graduation attitude were presented in the structural equation model and the moderating effect of academic year on the path coefficeint presented in the research model was verified. Undergraduate students are grouped into senior year (3rd and 4th grades) and junior year(1st and 2nd year) by the year in the university, As a result of analyzing 454 undergraduate students (105 in the junior group and 349 in the senior group), it was found that graduation attitude had a negative (-) effect on the dropout intention in both junior and senior group. The effect of employment prospects, and major aptitude and career firt on graduation attitude was not found in the junior group. However, in senior group, the effect of employment prospects, and major aptitude and career firt on graduation attitude was found to have a positive (+) effect, indicating that moderating effect of academic year does exist.

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